1592999456000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-41575 1762884154291 1762858596000 1762884151644 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-41575 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/41575 b7a9c6e0-95cc-31c5-b1ac-5b24e1dfd60c 8 person reference agent-154349 adlib-agent-154349 884121c3-2083-3216-8fac-adf8fc38f784 nun person reference agent-157683 adlib-agent-157683 8a871ae9-7f51-3a70-8293-45335e928dc0 abbess reference term-37642 adlib-term-37642 8f36efe3-4fe1-3da2-9944-000db5687ad7 porcelain reference term-37637 adlib-term-37637 89b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecb soft-paste porcelain reference term-113184 adlib-term-113184 25fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043 J. W. L. Glaisher reference term-110350 adlib-term-110350 ab450de1-5dfc-3514-9493-1f724d7255a7 trade/occupation reference term-23385 adlib-term-23385 4c17df77-7d4e-32bf-8ec9-921b71d218a2 religion Applied Arts Soft-paste porcelain figure of a Seated Nun or Abbess Reading. Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, and clear-glazed on the visible surfaces. The closed base is unglazed and has a central ventilation hole. The nun is seated on a low mound with a square hole in the back to take an attachment. She looks down towards a large book which she holds in both hands. Her left foot projects over the edge of the base at the front. She wears a long, voluminous veil, and a long dress. C.3033-1928 1 accession number C.3033-1928 41575 priref 41575 Glaisher MS Catalogue, vol. 20 old object number 3959 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/41575 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/41575 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Bequeathed by J.W.L. Glaisher reference agent-152564 adlib-agent-152564 c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7 Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr 1928 1928 1928 bequeathed Entry date: 1928 1752 1752 1752 circa 1752 1755 1 1755 1755 1755 factory reference agent-157665 adlib-agent-157665 b68c5501-4b5f-39e8-8048-c9b58de684e3 Bow Porcelain Manufactory This model was probably inspired by a Meissen porcelain figure of a seated canoness reading modelled by J.J. Kaendler and J.F. Eberlein, c. 1745. reference term-106496 adlib-term-106496 bd563695-7339-3178-a8c4-251899070993 18th Century, Mid reference term-107736 adlib-term-107736 e93a8dd1-d76d-320b-be9b-afa352e322a1 George II reference term-110490 adlib-term-110490 bb9026c5-22c6-3c07-8c4c-b6817acc50c4 literal England England country Stratford-le-Bow phosphatic reference term-37637 adlib-term-37637 89b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecb soft-paste porcelain presumed lead reference term-107733 adlib-term-107733 00160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4 lead-glaze Depth cm 11.6 Height cm 14.3 reference media-17234 adlib-media-17234 f935c187-da76-362e-8bf2-1064e8166127 jpeg aa/aa3/C_3033_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1702926683372 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/mid_C_3033_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 649 width pixels 500 1702926683372 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/C_3033_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1702926683372 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/preview_C_3033_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 325 width pixels 250 1702926683372 1 image 0 media image reference media-17235 adlib-media-17235 f84fd8bc-5b2f-3892-81d9-8222a6671f3d jpeg aa/aa3/C_3033_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1702926584478 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/mid_C_3033_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 649 width pixels 500 1702926584478 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/C_3033_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1702926584478 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/preview_C_3033_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 325 width pixels 250 1702926584478 1 image 1 media image reference term-107454 adlib-term-107454 6ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20 figure history note J. Hutchinson, Esq., FRCS, 1 Park Crescent, W1; sold Sotheby's, 24 November 1921, lot 81; sold for £3 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Publ. Vol. I, p. 384, no. 3033 p. 384 reference publication-1031 adlib-publication-1031 a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55ed Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge Ref. This model is listed as a Novice by Bradshaw, see p. 171, B34. It is very close in appearance to his B37, but holds the book in both hands. Cf. p. 122, pl. 89, right pp. 122, 171 reference publication-2758 adlib-publication-2758 aae1cefe-a8f4-3d0e-b8c5-0b213fcd157b Bow Porcelain Figures circa 1748-1774 reference publication-2613 adlib-publication-2613 bb6bf94c-77c7-33cf-b3aa-fe69ccfc7b8e Early English and Continental Ceramics, 19th February 1991 reference publication-2150 adlib-publication-2150 0f45160a-fce9-37ca-a7d6-244f0e99e110 English and Continental Ceramics Cf. A white example in an Australian private collection, see p. 64, no. 187. Dated 1752-55. p. 64 reference publication-2776 adlib-publication-2776 3bb2d2a2-3566-3858-9086-12c0e22c356d A Treasury of Bow, A Survey of the Bow Factory from First Patent until Closure 1744-1774 Ref. For the historical and religious which influenced the production of figures of monks and nuns. 173-86 reference publication-200003304 adlib-publication-200003304 af74b2f2-1037-345c-b800-4617186c636a Polite anti-Catholicism: nuns and monks in English porcelain Ref. The author discusses and lists the inscriptions painted on the books held by English figures of nuns and monks, and provides a list on pp. 152-3. 147-59 reference publication-200003339 adlib-publication-200003339 1977b8dd-d55e-394f-9b79-0152afb8bd78 What did nuns read? Looking at inscriptions on 18th-century porcelain nuns and monks reference term-9010 adlib-term-9010 ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6 Rococo activity reference term-25444 adlib-term-25444 467de273-30ea-3d96-96f2-9d11b2466e35 reading literal reading reading

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