The Peep Show, or the Magic Lantern (La Curiosité ou La Lanterne Magique)
<p>Beginning in the mid-1750s, biscuit, or unglazed porcelain, replaced glazed porcelain in sculpture because fine details were sometimes obscured by glazes. In addition, the matte surface of biscuit pieces resembled marble, a medium favored in sculpture. Unglazed porcelain figures were often sold with dinner services, and, as such, they replaced fragile sugar figures, which had adorned dessert tables of the previous era.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1752
- Dimensions
- 15.9 × 17.2 × 13.4 cm (6 1/4 × 6 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
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1884 · Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding, with copper alloy mounts
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1861 · Hard-paste porcelain and gilding
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Year
- 1752
- Dimensions
- 15.9 × 17.2 × 13.4 cm (6 1/4 × 6 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1752-133001
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified