Maiden Figure

Ceramic

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Drexel Founding Collection

#ADM.620, Photograph by Lynn (Clouser) Waddell 2013

#ADM.620, Photograph by Lynn (Clouser) Waddell 2013

Name/Title

Maiden Figure

Entry/Object ID

ADM.620

Category

Ceramic

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Alma Dea Morani, Philadelphia

Notes

Date: 2003 Credit Line: Transferred from the Morani Art Gallery at the Medical College of Pennsylvania Means of Accession: Transfer Source: Accessioned by MAG 12/28/1999

Made/Created

Artist

Sèvres Factory

Place

City

Sèvres

Country

France

Continent

Europe

Dimensions

Height

12 in

Material

Bisque porcelain

Exhibitions

Curator Pick of the Month
The Drexel Collection: Celebrating 125 Years
Fired Works: Ceramics from Around the World
Style Within: Interior Design of the 19th Century
Drexel Studies: A Journey of Artistic Adventure

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

Biscuit porcelain is made of unglazed, porous ceramics that are only fired once. They were incredibly fashionable and were used as table decoration in 18th century France and England, replacing previous figures sculpted of sugar. The Sèvres Factory was one of the leading manufacturers of biscuit porcelain.

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

Interiors of the Rococo Revival were full of knickknacks, with white porcelain figures, candlesticks and clocks filling mantels and shelves. A stereopticon was another common accessory in the Rococo Revival interior, with views of faraway lands or exotic scenes. # ADM.620, 1828

General Notes

Note

From the Mitchell collection Previously numbered ADM.NN.153 Biscuit porcelain is an unglazed, porous ceramic that is only fired once. They were incredibly fashionable and were used as table decoration in 18th century France and England, replacing previous figures sculpted of sugar. The Sèvres Factory was one of the leading manufacturers of biscuit porcelain. (L. Clouser 7/19/2016)