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Fruit Seller

Probably by: Vauxhall Manufactory
Formerly attributed to: Longton Hall Manufactory (England)
English
about 1755-1760
Object Place: Europe, England

Medium/Technique Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions 12.7 cm (5 in.)
Credit Line Jessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession Number1988.945
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionSeated figure on irregular base with large applied flower. She wears aubergine hat with yellow feathers, gray hair, aubergine cloak with green collar yellow bodice pink laced, white skirt yellow underskirt, aubergine shoe, red shoe. Bunch of grapes in right hand, brown basket of fruit at left elbow.
ProvenanceBy 1973, Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz [see note 1]; 1988, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz. (Accession date: November 30, 1988)

NOTES:
[1] From June 25, 1973, on loan to the MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz.