Children dressed as Harlequin and Harlequine
Manufacturer
Bow Porcelain Works
(English, 1744 - 1776)
CultureEnglish
OriginStratford-le-Bow, London, England
PeriodGeorge III (1760-1820)
Datec.1765
MediumSoft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gilding
DimensionsOverall (G83.1.856.1-2): 12.1 x 6 x 4.7 cm (4 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionBow pair from the Italian Comedy representing Harlequin and Columbine. These figures are in dancing poses, Harlequin with his knee bent, left hand to his throat and his head thrown back, while Columbine has her right hand to her head and her right toe pointed. Harlequin is wearing a chequered costume in brilliant red, blue, green, yellow and brown, his wide brimmed black hat with a green feather, holding a yellow slapstick. Columbine is wearing a decollete bodice with a diamond pattern in red, blue, green and yellow. One sleeve has a similar pattern and the other yellow with scattered playing cards. She is wearing a green hat, pink skirt with blue spots. Both figures are on mound bases with applied flowers and leaves.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.856.1-2
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
English PorcelainStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
January 1743
Object number: G83.1.919
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1765
Object number: G83.1.939.1-2
Artist / Maker: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
c.1760-1765
Object number: G83.1.863
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1729-1731
Object number: G83.1.624
Artist / Maker: Longton Hall Porcelain Factory
c.1754-1757
Object number: G83.1.897.1-2
Artist / Maker: Claudius Innocentius du Paquier Factory
c.1740-1744
Object number: G83.1.871.1 -2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1740-1745; decorated and possibly made in the nineteenth or twentieth century
Object number: G83.1.943.1-2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1740-1741; decorated in the nineteenth or twentieth century
Object number: G83.1.942
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1742; decorated after 1760 but before 1802
Object number: G83.1.913
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1740-1745
Object number: G83.1.940.1-4
