Masquerader

Date1759-1763

Artist/Maker Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory 1745-1769

MediumSoft-paste porcelain

DimensionsH: 8 1/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1952-609

DescriptionA lady wearing a white mantilla and a black mask, a flowered yellow dress and turquoise underskirt, with a watch and purse at waist, holding a fan in right hand and standing on a flowered plinth.

Gold anchor period.Label TextA masked lady holds her elegant dress with one hand and a fan with the other. She appears to be wearing a stylish dress of the period rather than a costume. Her mask, though, confirms her as being part of this group. Reginald Blunt describes her costume as that of a "French princess."Inscription(s)NoMark(s)NoProvenanceEX Coll: Mrs. William Salting, London; Humphrey W. Cook, Richmond, Surrey, and London; Sir Edward and Lady Baron, London; Frank Partridge & Son, Ltd., London