Collection
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Derby
(England 1750– )
- Title
- Columbine
- Year
- circa 1772-circa 1775
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- soft-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
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17.1 x 8.7 x 7.0 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.129
- Location
- 18th c European porcelain
- Further information
Columbine and Harlequin (L2012.128) were among the best-loved characters in the Italian commedia dell’arte and were frequently portrayed in porcelain figures. Columbine is based on a Meissen figure modelled by Reinicke in 1747. The Derby pair are mentioned in a list compiled by John Haslam of models produced between c1772 and 1795.
- Bibliography (1)
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Richard Beresford, Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection 2012, Sydney, 2012, 73 (colour illus.). cat.no. 86
