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Mennecy-Villeroy porcelain
(France 1750–circa 1773)
- Title
- Girl playing the hurdy-gurdy
- Year
- circa 1750
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- soft-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
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16.7 x 7.3 x 6.7 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.132
- Location
- 15th–19th c European art
- Further information
From the evidence of factory inventories, Mennecy produced groups of musicians in the period 1762–65. A number of examples of pairs or groups of child musicians are known, both coloured and in the white, and probably date from this period. However the present example along with a boy playing the pipe (L2012.131) give the impression of being earlier. The greyish paste, prone to imperfections, the slightly dull palette and the absence of cherubic sweetness in the faces suggest a date perhaps shortly after the move to Mennecy.
- Bibliography (1)
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Richard Beresford (England; Australia) (Author), Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 74, 75 (colour illus.). cat.no. 88
