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Masquerader

Date1759-1763

Artist/Maker Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (1745-1769)

OriginEngland, London

MediumSoft-paste porcelain

DimensionsH: 8 3/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1952-611

DescriptionA lady, wearing a black mask, three cornered black hat, yellow bodice, striped skirt, and puce cloak, with a drum and sword at her waist and a gun slung over her shoulder, on a plinth encrusted flowers.

Gold anchor period.
Label TextWearing a three-cornered hat, this masked woman has a drum at her waist. The example does not appear to have been in either the Salting or the Duncan collection, although another was in the Eckstein and Salting collections.
InscribedSingle-barb anchor painted in gold on side of plinth
MarkingsNone
ProvenanceEx Coll: Humphrey W. Cook, Richmond, Surrey, and London; Sir Edward and Lady Baron, London; Frank Partridge & Son, Ltd., London