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Boy and Girl Group
Made at: Charles Gouyn's Factory (St. James, London, working around 1747–1760)
Formerly known as: Girl-in-a-Swing Manufactory
Formerly known as: Girl-in-a-Swing Manufactory
English
about 1751
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain, enamel colors
Dimensions
13.97 x 13.34 cm (5 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Jessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession Number1988.782
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionOn irregular oval base with brown tree stump with applied oak leaves at end. She sits on rock by stump, left hand holds a dove in her lap, her right rests on a rock. Boy seated, legs crossed and stretched across the width of the base, has left hand in her lap, right hand at her waist. Her bodice and his coat are decorated with flowers, and a rose ribbon around her neck. Boy's cuffs are blue, yellow breeches. Unmarked. Hollow and unglazed inside. Pendant pastoral group is 1988.783.
ProvenanceBy 1954, Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz [see note 1]; 1988, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz. (Accession date: November 30, 1988)
NOTES:
[1] In a letter to Kathryn Buhler (20 February 1954), Sigmund Katz refers to his recent acquisition of "two GIAS groups in colour."
NOTES:
[1] In a letter to Kathryn Buhler (20 February 1954), Sigmund Katz refers to his recent acquisition of "two GIAS groups in colour."