On view
Figurine
Artist: Unknown German
Date: before 1926
Medium: porcelain
Dimensions:
9 x 10 1/4 x 6 inches (22.9 x 26 x 15.2 cm)
Classification: Sculptures
Credit Line: Gift of Nelda C. Stark, 1981
Venue: The W. H. Stark House
Object number: 41.900.215.A
1965 Appraisal:
223
1979 York Appraisal:
645
Accession Number:
1981.228.1.A
DescriptionFour standing female figures; wearing togas with fleur-de-lis design and varying colors; two holding book and sheet music; base and center column white ground with gold designs; center column holds urn of flowers; applied masks and musical instruments on oval shaped base.
Provenance: W.H. Stark [1851-1936] and Miriam Lutcher Stark [Mrs. W.H. Stark, 1859-1936][1]; by inheritance to their son H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; by inheritance to his wife Nelda C. Stark [1909-1999]; gifted March 5, 1981 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to The W.H. Stark House
| 1. Featured in photograph accompanying March 1926 University of Texas alumni journal article. See attached media "Details of the Stark Gift," Alcalde XIV (March, 1926): 340-45.