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La Nourrice
English
around 1749-1752
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Overall: 19.1 x 10.2 cm (7 1/2 x 4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard C. Paine
Accession Number30.327
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionWoman seated nursing a baby, from a 16th-century French earthenware model possibly by Guillaume Dupre. Bodice is edged with a thin line, fringe of headdress and waistbelt in purple.
Marks
Mark: raised red anchor
ProvenanceBy 1924, probably Alfred E. Hutton, London [see note 1]. By 1930, Richard Paine (b. 1893 - d. 1966), Boston; 1930, gift of Richard C. Paine to the MFA. (Accession date: April 3, 1930).
NOTES:
[1] see Blunt, Reginald ed., "The Cheyne Book of Chelsea China and Pottery Hutton Collection" (London, 1924), no. 127 (Alfred Hutton Collection).
NOTES:
[1] see Blunt, Reginald ed., "The Cheyne Book of Chelsea China and Pottery Hutton Collection" (London, 1924), no. 127 (Alfred Hutton Collection).