figurine

Object NameFigurine of Peasant Girl

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1670-1729

Place MadeFrance, Nevers

TechniquePainted

SizeOverall H: 13.8 cm

Accession Number51.3.197

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionFigurine of Peasant Girl. Colored glass; painted. Figure of a peasant girl balancing a vessel on her head and standing on a circular base, formed from colored glasses and painted; white headdress, cuff, kerchief and pleated skirt, lavender bodice with full peplum and laced in front with white, white stockings and lavender sabots; deep blue circular base with crinkled and green top representing grass, diagonally fluted sides with iridescent scale band at top and bottom.
Provenance

Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978) - 1951-02-19