Figure of a Girl with a Basket of Flowers
Charles Gouyn's Factory
(St. James, London, working around 1747–1760)
Jacopo Amigoni
(Italian (Venetian), about 1685–1752)
About 1751
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueSoft-paste porcelain with colored enamel decoration
Dimensions19.05 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Richard C. Paine
Accession number53.1021
On View
On viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1924, Alfred Hutton, London. Stoner & Evans, dealer, London [see note 1]; By 1930, Frank Stoner, Stoner & Evans, sold to Richard C. Paine, Boston [see note 2]; 1953, gift of Richard C. Paine. (Accession date: June 16, 1953)
NOTES:
[1] See letter from Frank Stoner, June 14, 1932, in museum file. [2] According to museum files, Richard C. Paine first gave the figure to the MFA in 1930. Following its return to him and the dealer Frank Stoner, in order to review the figure's production, Richard C. Paine made a gift of the figure to the MFA again in 1953.
NOTES:
[1] See letter from Frank Stoner, June 14, 1932, in museum file. [2] According to museum files, Richard C. Paine first gave the figure to the MFA in 1930. Following its return to him and the dealer Frank Stoner, in order to review the figure's production, Richard C. Paine made a gift of the figure to the MFA again in 1953.
