Allegorical figure of smell
Chelsea Manufactory
(England, active 1745–1784)
Joseph Willems
(Belgian, 1710–1766)
about 1752–58
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueSoft-paste porcelain
Dimensions29.84 cm (11 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Richard C. Paine
Accession number30.297
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1925, Alfred E. Hutton, London [see note 1]. By 1930, Richard C. Paine, Boston; 1930, gift of Richard C. Paine to the MFA. (Accession date: April 3, 1930)
Note 1:
The figure is illustrated in William King, English Porcelain Figures of the Eighteenth Century (London and Boston: The Medici Society, 1925), fig. 18. A similar allegorical figure is illustrated in "English Porcelain Circle Transactions," No. II (1929) from the Alfred Hutton Collection.
Note 1:
The figure is illustrated in William King, English Porcelain Figures of the Eighteenth Century (London and Boston: The Medici Society, 1925), fig. 18. A similar allegorical figure is illustrated in "English Porcelain Circle Transactions," No. II (1929) from the Alfred Hutton Collection.
