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Child dressed as Harlequin

Manufacturer (English, 1744 - 1776)
CultureEnglish
OriginStratford-le-Bow, London, England
PeriodGeorge III (1760-1820)
Datec.1765-1770
Mediumsoft-paste porcelain, enamel, and gold.
DimensionsOverall: 14.6 x 6.4 x 6.7 cm (5 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 2 5/8 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionBow figure of Harlequin, after a Meissen original. The boy in gay dancing attitude dressed in a costume of multi-coloured diamond chequers at the front and quartered in pink and green at the back. A wooden slapstick in one hand, raised on a scrolling base heightened in gilding.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.857
Classifications
European Ceramics
Sub-classification
English Porcelain
Status
On view
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