"Ranelagh" type figure. A) A cavalier dressed in pink knee-breeches, a pink cloak, and orange waistcoat with flowers and green sleeves. B) Lady dressed in orange skirt with large rosettes, pink bodice edged with blue and a scarf floating from feathers on her head. At her feet, a mask. Both are standing on scrolling bases with gilding and are supported by bunches of flowers.
Credit: Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane
c. 1765
Porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
1926-37-263-a
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