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Girl in a Swing
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 (London)
about 1752
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Overall: 15.2 x 17.8 x 12.7 cm (6 x 7 x 5 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard C. Paine
Accession Number53.1019
CollectionsEurope
The short-lived London factory of Charles Gouyn specialized in porcelain sculpture, including this figure of a girl on a tree swing, its best-known model.
DescriptionFigural group in white; girl swinging with arms outstretched on a swing suspended between tree stumps with leafy branches.
ProvenanceBy 1924, probably Alfred Hutton, London. Stoner & Evans, London (dealer) [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 a 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 a 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.