Woman with a flute
ca. 1755
Medium
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Height: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
British, Longton Hall, Staffordshire
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1943
Accession Number
43.100.28
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the mid-18th century, Longton Hall porcelain factory in Staffordshire, England, emerged as a pioneering British venture in the competitive world of European ceramics. Active from around 1750 to 1760, it specialized in soft-paste porcelain glassy, translucent material fired at lower temperatures than true hard-paste porcelain from Saxony's Meissen factory. *Woman with a Flute*, created circa 1755, exemplifies this innovation, standing just 5 7/8 inches tall and capturing a graceful female figure poised with her instrument. This delicate figurine reflects the Rococo taste for elegant, everyd...