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Boy on a tortoise
Boy on a tortoise

Boy on a tortoise

Dateca. 1744-45
Label TextThis figure dates from the early years of the factory's production, and reveal some of the struggles that occurred in dealing with the new medium. The firing cracks in the boy riding a tortoise, burned discoloration from firing, give evidence of challenges in production.
Object number87.142.51
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 (2/17/2000 - 5/7/2000)Published ReferencesEmerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 145
Credit LineDorothy Condon Falknor Collection of European Ceramics
Dimensions6 3/4 x 4 3/8 x 6 1/4 in. (17.2 x 11.11 x 15.88 cm)
MediumSoft paste porcelain
Young boy
English, Chelsea
ca. 1746
Object number: 76.241.1
Young boy
English, Chelsea
ca. 1746
Object number: 76.241.2
Boy on a young satyr
ca. 1744-45
Object number: 87.142.41
Photo: Paul Macapia
1780-88
Object number: 76.274
A boy
ca. 1768
Object number: 76.92
Photo: Paul Macapia
French, Mennecy
ca. 1750-60
Object number: 98.33
Photo: Paul Macapia
Bow Porcelain Manufactory, London, England
ca. 1750
Object number: 69.396.1
Heron
Bow Porcelain Manufactory, London, England
ca. 1750
Object number: 69.396.2
Gardener with a dibble
French, Vincennes
ca. 1755
Object number: 61.102.1
Gardener with vase
French, Vincennes
ca. 1754-55
Object number: 61.102.2
Oberon and Cynthia
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
1766-73
Object number: 65.70
Photo: Paul Macapia
Bow Porcelain Manufactory, London, England
ca. 1747-48
Object number: 69.161