Lady with a Child
Manufacturer
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
(English, 1743 - 1769)
CultureEnglish
OriginChelsea, London, England
Datec.1760
MediumGlassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gilding; gilt-metal mounts
DimensionsOverall: 8.6 x 4.2 cm (3 3/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
MarkingsInscribed SOUVENEZ VOUS DE MOY
DescriptionChelsea scent bottle in the form of a seated lady, holding high a bunch of flowers topped by a butterfly stopper. She wears a red jacket and flowered turquoise skirt, and is about to embrace a small boy in a pink jacket, yellow jerkin and blue breeches, who reaches for his yellow tricorn on her head. Green base with concave interior, green dentil rim, and it is mounted in metal.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.993
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
English PorcelainStatus
On viewArtist / 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.1729-1731
Object number: G83.1.624
Artist / Maker: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
c.1760
Object number: G83.1.965.1-.2
Artist / Maker: Johann Joachim Kändler
c. 1930-35
Object number: G83.1.947