Saturday, April 28, 2012

Figure of the Day: The Duesbury Cupid, 1780

Derby Porcelain Figure of Cupid
William Duesbury & Co., 1780
The Victoria & Albert Museum





This figure in soft-paste porcelain is painted with enamels and gilded.  Depicting Cupid with a dog, the box shows the cherubic love monger with a gilt hunting horn slung over his right shoulder and a spotted scarf thrown about him.  He reclines against a tree on a flower-covered mound, caressing the black and white terrier which is affectionately licking his chin.

The piece comes from the Derby, England porcelain concern of  William Duesbury & Co. and dates to about 1780.



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