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A Singer
Made at: Chelsea Manufactory (England, active 1745–1784)
English
1750–58
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain with colored enamel decoration
Dimensions
15.24 cm (6 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard C. Paine
Accession Number30.283
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionWearing a crinoline skirt and singing from music. Turquoise bodice with pink bows, white skirt with sprays of flowers in colors. Flowers on base.. Fingers broken.
Marks
Red anchor mark on base
InscriptionsMusic inscribed "Largo" at top of page. Number painted in red enamel on base: "372." (underlined twice in red). Two stencilled inscriptions: "B.C." and B.3" in old Gothic script.
ProvenanceBefore 1924, Alfred E. Hutton, London; by 1930, Richard C. Paine (b. 1893 - d. 1966), Boston; 1930, gift of Richard C. Paine to the MFA. (Accession date: April 3, 1930).