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Figure of a Girl with a Basket of Flowers
Made at: Charles Gouyn's Factory (St. James, London, working around 1747–1760)
Formerly known as: Girl-in-a-Swing Manufactory
Derived from: Jacopo Amigoni (Italian (Venetian), about 1685–1752)
Formerly known as: Girl-in-a-Swing Manufactory
Derived from: Jacopo Amigoni (Italian (Venetian), about 1685–1752)
English
About 1751
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain with colored enamel decoration
Dimensions
19.05 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard C. Paine
Accession Number53.1021
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionStanding against a tree decorated with raised flowers, holding yellow basket in right hand, bunch of flowers in left. White dress with pink hem, with sprays of flowers in colors on dress and base. Base of unusual shape. Unmarked. Companion to Boy with Fish (1988.786).
Marks
Unmarked
ProvenanceBy 1922, Alfred Hutton, London. Stoner & Evans, dealer, London [see note 1]; By 1930, Frank Stoner, Stoner & Evans, sold to Richard C. Paine, Boston [see note 2]; 1953, gift of Richard C. Paine. (Accession date: June 16, 1953)
NOTES:
[1] See letter from Frank Stoner, June 14, 1932, in museum file. [2] According to museum files, Richard C. Paine first gave the figure to the MFA in 1930. Following its return to him and the dealer Frank Stoner, in order to review the figure's production, Richard C. Paine made a gift of the figure to the MFA again in 1953.
NOTES:
[1] See letter from Frank Stoner, June 14, 1932, in museum file. [2] According to museum files, Richard C. Paine first gave the figure to the MFA in 1930. Following its return to him and the dealer Frank Stoner, in order to review the figure's production, Richard C. Paine made a gift of the figure to the MFA again in 1953.