Masquerader
Date1759-1763
Artist/Maker
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
(1745-1769)
OriginEngland, London
MediumSoft-paste porcelain
DimensionsH: 8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1952-610
DescriptionMasquerader figure: A lady, wearing a black mask, yellow dress with a flowered white skirt and white apron which she holds with her left hand; on a plinth encrusted with flowers.Label TextThis figure of a masked lady with the edge of her apron in her hand is described by Reginald Blunt as wearing the costume of a "skirt dancer."
InscribedGold anchor mark on back of plinth.
MarkingsNone
ProvenanceEx coll: Mrs. William Salting, London; Humphrey W. Cook, Richmond, Surrey, and London; Sir Edward and Lady Baron, London; Frank Partridge & Son, Ltd., London
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