Mercury
probably Locré & Russinger's Factory (active 1772 -1820)
Category
Ceramics
Date
c. 1800
Materials
Ceramics, hard paste biscuit porcelain
Measurements
120 x 80 x 80 mm
Place of origin
Paris
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Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730573
Summary
Figure, hard paste biscuit porcelain, Mercury, probably Locré & Russinger's Factory (active 1772 -1820), Paris, France, circa 1800. From a Classical mythology series. Mercury is modelled standing with one arm raised, holding a caduceus (now broken). 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
probably Locré & Russinger's Factory (active 1772 -1820), porcelain manufacturer