Masquerader
Date1759-1763
Artist/Maker
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
1745-1769
OriginEngland, London
MediumSoft-paste porcelain
DimensionsH: 8 3/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1952-611
DescriptionA lady, wearing a black mask, three cornered black hat, yellow bodice, striped skirt, and puce cloak, with a drum and sword at her waist and a gun slung over her shoulder, on a plinth encrusted flowers.Gold anchor period.Label TextWearing a three-cornered hat, this masked woman has a drum at her waist. The example does not appear to have been in either the Salting or the Duncan collection, although another was in the Eckstein and Salting collections.Inscription(s)Single-barb anchor painted in gold on side of plinthMark(s)NoneProvenanceEx Coll: Humphrey W. Cook, Richmond, Surrey, and London; Sir Edward and Lady Baron, London; Frank Partridge & Son, Ltd., London
