Figure
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1745 - 1749
Materials
Porcelain.ormolu and glass
Measurements
240 x 205 x 100 mm
Place of origin
Saxony
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Saltram, Devon
NT 870886.1.1
Summary
A mounted Meissen figure, of a small girl holding a book under her left arm. Mounted, probably at a later date, on a Louis XV base. From the back, spring ormolu trees, set with Vincennes porcelain flowers and ormolu candle nozzles, with the crown 'C' Poincon mark, which was used between 1745 and 1749.
Provenance
No documentary evidence of acquisition but by descent to Edmund Robert Parker (1878-1951), 4th Earl of Morley and accepted as part of the more important contents in lieu of payment of Estate Duty and transferred to NT in 1957
Makers and roles
Meissen Porcelain Factory, potter Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory, potter