Lovers and Jester
Derby Porcelain Manufactory
c. 1765
Medium
Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels and gilding
Dimensions
26.1 × 21.3 × 15.4 cm (10 1/4 × 8 3/8 × 6 1/16 in.)
Classification
porcelain
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
111218
About the Artist
Derby Porcelain Manufactory · 1751–1785
The Derby Porcelain Manufactory stands as one of the foundational institutions of British ceramic art, producing some of the finest figures and tablewares made in England during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Its origins can be traced to the work of André Planché, a Huguenot immigrant from Saxony who settled in Derby around 1745 and began producing soft-paste porcelain figures and ...