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Hurdy-Gurdy from Pair of Musicians
Made at: Bow Manufactory (England)
English
About 1765–75
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain with underglaze blue, colored enamel and gilded decoration
Dimensions
Overall: 18.3 cm (7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2185
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CollectionsEurope
DescriptionFigure of seated woman, with musical instrument on left knee, wearing purple hat, yellow bodice, purple apron, over orange flowered dress, blue and orange cloak, suspended from neck, yellow shoes, scroll rococo base, decor with flowers in relief. Mark: blue sword, red sword, red anchor.
Marks
anchor and dagger in red enamel; dagger in underglaze blue
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)