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Derby Allegorical Figure of Britannia with Her Lion and Symbols of Puissance, 1765-1770. Soft-p ...
Allegorical Figure of Britannia with Her Lion and Symbols of Puissance
Derby Allegorical Figure of Britannia with Her Lion and Symbols of Puissance, 1765-1770. Soft-p ...
Derby Allegorical Figure of Britannia with Her Lion and Symbols of Puissance, 1765-1770. Soft-paste porcelain. Dixon Gallery and Gardens; Gift of Mrs. Charlotte Stout Hooker, 2008.DA.2.80

Allegorical Figure of Britannia with Her Lion and Symbols of Puissance

Manufacturer (English, ca. 1748 onward)
Date1765-1770
MediumSoft-paste porcelain
DimensionsHeight: 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm)
ClassificationsPORCELAIN
Credit LineDixon Gallery and Gardens; Gift of Mrs. Charlotte Stout Hooker
Object number2008.DA.2.80
DescriptionThe female figure is wearing a brown and green drapery and a gilt scalework cuirass overa a flowered pale yellow dress. The figure is standing with trophies of war at her feet before a recumbent lion and bocage.

Model number 259, 1st of three sizes (a larger version of the earlier model issued as number 121), adapted probably from a lead statue by John Cheere (1709-1787).
Status
Not on view
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