Figure of Britannia

Date1756-1760

Maker Vauxhall Porcelain Factory

MediumPorcelain, soft-paste

DimensionsH: 11 1/4"(with top of head piece added); W: 9 5/8"; D: 6 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1962-18

DescriptionMolded, soft-paste porcelain figure of a women, resembling Britannia. The woman is seated on a mound wearing a flowered robe with pink bodice. The floral decoration is painted and transfer-printed in overglaze colors. She holds in her left hand a medallion with a hand-painted, relief bust portrait of George II in profile. In her right hand is a shield of the great Union. Behind the shield is a figure of a lion painted with brown enamel. Her left foot is supported on a globe. The molded base has relief decoration of scrolls, painted with green and purple. Sitting on the base on Britannia's right side are trophies, a plumed helmet, cuirass, flag, spear, and a bugle.

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ProvenanceEx coll: Mrs. Arthur James; Simon Goldblatt (sold at Sotheby's May 1, 1956, fig. 26); M.G. Kaufman.