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Arbor group


Centerpiece
Made at: Longton Hall Manufactory (England)
English
18th century
about 1753
Object Place: Europe, England

Medium/Technique Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions 20.32 x 20.32 cm (8 x 8 in.)
Credit Line Jessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession Number1988.864
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionSet with 363 and 364.1972. Similar girl and boy seated in arbor on a base of overlapping leaves which also form four feet. Arbor made of many tree trunks heavily encrusted with applied roses and leaves, twisted twig handle at back. Unmarked.
ProvenanceBy 1972, Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz [see note 1]; 1988, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz. (Accession date: November 30, 1988)

NOTES:
[1] From December 27, 1972, on loan to the MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz.