Model human
Joseph Willems (1715 - 1766)
Category
Ceramics
Date
1765
Materials
porcelain
Measurements
300 mm (Height)
Place of origin
Chelsea
Order this imageCollection
Fenton House, London
NT 1448021.1
Summary
One of a pair, figure of a female harvester, carrying a sheaf of corn and with sheaves of corn behind her, with a nest of birds in her left hand, wearing a white shirt and apron, a turquoise bodice laced with orange and puce skirt with flowers in lozenge-shaped divisions, trellised with gilt lines, white stockings and yellow shoes with orange rosettes on gilt scroll-moulded bases. Mark, gold anchor. Some minor chipping to corn.
Makers and roles
Joseph Willems (1715 - 1766), modeller