| PORCELAIN FIGURES A valuable collection of Russian porcelain is displayed | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6001 | |
| Catalog #: | 38192 | |
| Clip Number: | 38192-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 22 | |
| Timecode: | 01:29:01 - 01:30:57 | |
| Location: | London, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1955 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | ART: Figurines ART: Sculpture LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | PORCELAIN FIGURES A valuable collection of Russian porcelain is displayed London. C/U of a porcelain figurine representing "the three drunkards". M/S of a man and a young boy sitting at a table admiring the figure. C/U of the boy who picks up the figure and moves it from the table. He writes something in a notebook then looks at another figure, a woman. The man and boy look at various other figures. The man is Sacheverell Sitwell (Sachia Sitwell), a leading authority on Russian art, and the boy is Nicholas, a great grandson of Wartski (Wartsksi), the Faberge expert. The figures are part of a collection of Russian porcelain figures on view to the public for the first time. Various shots of figures, most of which were created by Englishman Francis Gardener, he specialised in everyday scenes. The man and boy go to table covered with figures. MS as they look at these. Various CUs of the different figures, balalaika player, tax collector, etc. Some especially show types of traditional dress in the Russian empire. Then one with moving parts, an Asian man. CU figure of Chinese god sitting cross legged with its grinning head nodding and both hands moving up and down as if patting them on legsrocking to and fro. XCU The hands moving. XCU head bobbing. | |
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