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Part of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Date: ca. 1735Accession Number: 1982.60.270a, b
Chantilly
Date: ca. 1735–40Accession Number: 1982.60.371
Capodimonte
Date: ca. 1755–59Accession Number: 1982.60.286
Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg
Date: ca. 1780–1800Accession Number: 1982.60.165
Villeroy
Date: ca. 1740Accession Number: 1982.60.273
Saint-Cloud
Date: ca. 1730–40Accession Number: 1982.60.257
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In the eighteenth century, porcelain figures were made to decorate the dining table, for inclusion in gilt-bronze candelabra and clocks, and as independent pieces of sculpture. The Jack and Belle Linsky Galleries contains superb examples from most of the major European porcelain factories; this gallery features figures made in France, Italy, Russia, and Denmark. The figures reveal much about life in the eighteenth century, reflecting the clothes that people wore and representing various occupations considered to be picturesque. Characters from foreign lands also provided an endless source of entertaining subjects for porcelain modelers.
