Europe
William Duesbury and Co.
Category
Ceramics
Date
c. 1780 - 1785
Materials
Ceramics, soft paste porcelain, enamels, gilding
Measurements
254 mm (Height)
Place of origin
Derby
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730501
Summary
Figure, soft paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, Europe, from 'The Four Quarters of the Globe' series, William Duesbury and Co., Derby, Derbyshire, England, circa 1780-1785. A standing female figure in classical dress holding an orb and scepter, the scrolled base lettered 'EUROPE.' 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 ‘Thirteen White China Figures’. Bequeathed by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947), 1946.
Makers and roles
William Duesbury and Co., manufacturer