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Dancer from a Pair of Dancers
Made at: Derby Manufactory, working about 1750-1848 (Derbyshire, England)
English
about 1760–65
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration
Dimensions
Overall: 27.1 cm (10 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2191
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionStanding figure of a woman on rococo base, with small purple headpiece, yellow and green bodice over a white flowered dress, left arm raised, right hand holding up dress, left arm raised, right hand holding up dress, purple shoes with yellow bows. Some repair to left hand and yellow bow, left shoe.
Marks
none
ProvenanceBy 1941, with Stoner & Evans, London and New York; January 6, 1941, sold by Stoner & Evans to Forsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)