Figure
Niderviller
Category
Ceramics
Date
c. 1780
Materials
Ceramics, hard paste biscuit porcelain
Measurements
457 mm (Height)
Place of origin
Moselle
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Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730582
Summary
Figure group, hard paste biscuit porcelain, Niderviller, Moselle, France, Comte de Custine period, circa 1780. Eight cupids playing on a mound. Base impressed 'Niderviller' on an applied banner and '115.'
Provenance
Listed in the 'Inventory of Furniture, Bedding, Carpets, China, Plate, Pictures, Curios, and other effects on the premises of the mansion,' January 1908, in the Picture Gallery, as ‘16 cupids and rustic figures in chalk [crossed out] biscuit [in script] on Table, 4 5in.; 7 6 in.; 3 7 in.; 1 13 in; 1 19 in.' Bequeathed by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947), 1946.
Marks and inscriptions
Base: 'Niderviller' on an applied banner and '115'
Makers and roles
Niderviller, manufacturer