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Girl and Boy Group

Made at: Charles Gouyn's Factory (St. James, London, working around 1747–1760)
Formerly known as: Girl-in-a-Swing Manufactory
English
about 1751
Object Place: Europe, England

Medium/Technique Soft-paste porcelain, colored enamels
Dimensions 13.34 x 12.7 x 9.53 cm (5 1/4 x 5 x 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Jessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession Number1988.783
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionPendant to 1988.782 but the couple facing in the opposite direction and with a lamb in girl's lap. She has blue neck ribbon, yellow bodice and flowered skirt. He has white flowered coat, blue bows, rose breeches. Unmarked. Hollow.
Marks Unmarked
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."