Figure
possibly Niderviller
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1780
Materials
Ceramics, hard paste biscuit porcelain
Measurements
173 mm (Height) x 110 mm (Depth)
Place of origin
Moselle
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Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730473
Summary
Figure group, hard paste biscuit porcelain, possibly Niderviller, Moselle, France, circa 1780. Three children, two girls and a boy, stand on on a rocky mound. Unmarked.
Provenance
Listed in the ‘Inventory of Heirlooms at Stourhead directed to be taken by the Will of the late Sir Richard Colt Hoare Bart.’, 1838, in the China Cupboard, as one of ‘Seventeen small ornamental French China Figures’. Bequeathed by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947), 1946.
Makers and roles
possibly Niderviller, manufacturer