15929704480001312637261000Standard Recordobject-82425170249436718014754886080001702494121150fitz-onlineadlib-object-82425https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/82425e15e2d0a-8eb7-350e-87e4-9c88c7ebf2e810personreferenceagent-133180adlib-agent-1331806223c8ef-eaae-3b3d-8d64-7e94580a8114Taylorreferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelaindark blue, green, yellow, flesh, red, pale, mid- and dark brown, grey, and blackreferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationin dark blue, green, yellow, flesh, red, pale, mid- and dark brown, grey, and black enamelsreferenceterm-120086adlib-term-120086cdecca31-5ec3-3fe3-9e5d-455d9771fda5painting overglazereferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingLengthcm18BaseFlowersreferenceterm-113732adlib-term-113732313f5fc0-f0a4-3cf9-93ee-1c3a4aa9d6b4hand-modelled and appliedreferenceterm-110350adlib-term-110350ab450de1-5dfc-3514-9493-1f724d7255a7trade/occupationApplied ArtsSoft-paste porcelain painted in polychrome enamels.Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, with applied hand-modelled details, lead-glazed, and painted overgraze in dark blue, green, yellow, flesh, red, pale, mid- and dark brown, grey, and black enamels, and gilt. The underside has a large, circular, central ventilation hole, and has been ground down to level it so that very little glaze remains. The rounded oval mound base is moulded round the front with a rocaille frill flanked by scrolls, and rises up in the middle into a circular green stump decorated with four clumps of applied flowers and leaves. The taylor rides on a Billy goat which is going to the viewer’s left, supported underneath by the stump. He holds the goat’s left horn in his left hand and in his raised right hand holds a bat. He has a ruddy complexion, red lips, and a white wig. He wears a black tricorn hat, a dark brown coat with gold edges and buttons, gold garters at the knee of his beeches, and black shoes with buckles. A basket containing two kids is strapped to his back, and a pair of scissors, two small bags, and some rolled white material protrude from his left pocket (facing the viewer). The goat is painted in shades of brown, and has yellowish-grey horns, and black hooves. A pair of pistols is suspended in holsters on either side of its neck, and it carries a flat iron in its mouth. The base is coloured green and brown, the flowers are white and red with yellow centres, white and blue with yellow centres, white with yellow and red centres, and white with yellow centres. The scrolls and ‘frill’ are picked out in gold.H18referenceexhibition-1070adlib-exhibition-10702cb713dc-899f-35df-9c15-515a05f38d48Plagiarism Personified? European Pottery and Porcelain FiguresC.105-19321accession numberC.105-193282425priref82425urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/82425https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/82425scrip N with o raised and 62 underlinedon the underside of base to left and above the ventilation hincisedNo 62markon underside of base to right of ventilation holeincisedXmarkon underside of basepainted in pale purple5markcircular paper labeon undersidehand-written in blue-black inkFRANCES/L. DICKSONlabelreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Mrs W.D. Dicksonreferenceagent-180712adlib-agent-180712855e3948-593a-3b3c-9d66-028df74284feDickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs193219321932givenMrs Dickson was Hon. Keeper of Ceramics1800CE1800circa1800factoryreferenceagent-35888adlib-agent-358880244b335-51c5-3535-a626-9ed7f3d33894Derby Porcelain Factoryaftermodellerreferenceagent-70199adlib-agent-701991a5ab113-688c-3728-9988-60f96aea73bcKändler, Johann Joachimaftermodellerreferenceagent-40614adlib-agent-406141583983d-2e84-362c-9346-9b0956849899Eberlein, Johann FriedrichThis model was based on the Meissen figure by J.J. Kaendler modelled in November 1740, which was described in the factory's records as 'Schneider, welcher auf einem Ziegenbock reutet . . . wie er seinen ganzen Werckzeug bei sich führet'. Kaendler had modelled his first caricature of a Taylor riding a Goat in June 1737. The theme may have been inspired by a real incident, as it also occurs in a painting of that year by Peter Jakob Horemans, 'Festtafel vor Schlos Fürstenried' (near Munich).Traditionally, however, the figure has been identified as Count Brühl's taylor. See Documentation, Ruckert (1979) and Bradshaw (1990). The English title, The Welsh Taylor, seems to have arisen from misunderstanding of the German words welcher (who, which) or welsch (Italian, French, southern), which sound like Welsh. The companion figure of the Taylor's Wife riding a Goat, modelled by J.F. Eberlein in 1740, was also copied at Derby (see C.106-1932).
The Derby model was first made in the 1760s, and was advertised with its female companion in the Derby and Chelsea Sale Catalogue of 17 April 1771, 'One small pair Welch taylor and family riding goats, elegantly finish'd in flowers and burnish'd gold 1l. 0s.' It was reissued later in the century heavily enamelled and gilt, and standing on a scrolled base. The taylor remained popular in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and this was no. 73 in the King Street factory's illustrated catalogue for 1934-35.referenceterm-106779adlib-term-106779f0706fcd-d94c-3987-bcb5-f7f794332b6a18th Century, Latereferenceterm-107437adlib-term-10743796f4b0d1-fc11-39ff-ae91-1b23d888d479George IIIreferenceterm-110521adlib-term-110521b57fb046-bca3-3371-a721-2093adc3a282literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralDerbyshireDerbyshireregionDerbypresumed leadreferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazereferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainHeightcm24.2referencemedia-896790037portfolio-media-8967900379c7056ff-a2d7-3e62-b2f0-7a3db43557adjpegportfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/653/652/large_C_105_1932_1_201401_adn21_dc1.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels102315595744740001imagejpegportfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/653/652/mid_C_105_1932_1_201401_adn21_dc1.jpg1heightpixels371widthpixels50015595744740001imagejpegportfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/653/652/C_105_1932_1_201401_adn21_dc1.jpg1heightpixels2631widthpixels354315595744740001imagejpegportfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/653/652/preview_C_105_1932_1_201401_adn21_dc1.jpg1heightpixels186widthpixels25015595744740001image0media
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imagereferenceterm-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurehistory noteUncertain before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson.1referenceobject-82473adlib-object-824738f69d6d6-d9fe-3e23-bccd-555b3ff753271reference1term-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurefigurereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferencepublication-2665adlib-publication-2665b65e1b40-2322-326a-bb1b-3b3607de9cf9Derby PorcelainPubl. p. 53, H1853referencepublication-992adlib-publication-992e26b9de8-5607-3d6e-82c1-bba7d8cb57c4Plagiarism Personified? European Pottery and Porcelain FiguresRef. Haslem cited the number 62 in large and small sizes, the latter 5½ in. in his 'Price List of Groups and Single Figures made at Derby, on p. 172.172referencepublication-2850adlib-publication-2850d5dcd4d0-9032-35ca-b870-c7d2cb1b5ca6The Old Derby China FactoryRef.Appendix, p. 17, lot 15, and p. 18, lot 18. The taylor and his companion were were included in the Catalogue of the Chelsea and Derby sale held by Mr Christie from 17-20 April 1771, first day, lot 15 'One pair small Welch taylor and family riding goats, elegantly finish'd in flowers and burnish'd gold 1l..' (£1), and lot 30, a presumably larger pair at 1l. 10s. (£1.10s.)pp. 17, 18referencepublication-2576adlib-publication-2576870654a9-2aff-3144-bcc3-8758472e4399Contributions towards the History of Early English Porcelain from Contemporary SourcesRef. For the background to the Meissen figure24-37referencepublication-200001229adlib-publication-200001229a75a4de1-3193-389f-a11a-99480f6c5fd0Meissen und der SchneiderspottRef. For this model and its companion, including the traditional story behind it.221-2referencepublication-2845adlib-publication-2845aed83438-5cba-3d3d-914c-0603afed5d46Derby Porcelain Figures 1750-1848Cf. The Meissen taylor riding on a goat, p. 170, no. 885, illustrated pl. 216.170referencepublication-2685adlib-publication-268578931290-a594-3d1e-a3e9-fe40247e4e87Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810, Ausstellung im Bayerischen Nationalmuseum Münchenreferenceterm-9010adlib-term-9010ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6Rococoanimalreferenceterm-106384adlib-term-1063840dd99723-5767-331b-b702-a92791c0ad87goatactivityreferenceterm-107814adlib-term-107814dd50824b-7db7-32ba-83fd-a1f61448aae8ridingliteralgoatgoatliteralridingridingreferenceterm-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurefiguresoft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, with applied hand-modelled details, lead-glazed, and painted overgraze in dark blue, green, yellow, flesh, red, pale, mid- and dark brown, grey, and black enamels, and gilt. The underside has a large, circular, central ventilation hole, and has been ground down to level it so that very little glaze remains.referenceterm-120096adlib-term-1200967cc05306-f07e-3189-849f-52addb9e2ca7slip-castingreferenceterm-120062adlib-term-120062d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206lead-glazingTaylor riding on a Goatobject
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