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Collections > Ceramics > Figure of a God, c.1780

Figure of a God, c.1780

Figure of a God, c.1780
Hard paste porcelain, coloured enamels
Spanish, Buen Retiro, Madrid
Mark: a fleur-de-lys in blue enamel
Height: 22.5 cm.
Formerly at Althorp House, Northamptonshire in the collection of the Earls Spencer, in lieu of
Capital Transfer Tax by HM Treasury

Artist / Maker: Buen Retiro

Origin: Spain

Place: Buen Retiro

Object Type: figurine

Period: Carlos III

Actual Date: c.1780

Century: 18th century

Materials: Hard-paste porcelain, Enamel

Museum Accession Number: 1978.39.3/Cer.