1592996598000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-71125 1755194540432 1714466014000 1755194515997 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-71125 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71125 46bb3b3f-3d85-3e85-986d-6b62eee8b63f 7 person reference agent-187915 adlib-agent-187915 eb269e3d-84b4-3875-9778-e9037f1a006c Cobden, Richard reference term-108657 adlib-term-108657 c170cd8e-fc63-3446-81a4-6682b5979808 lead-glazed earthenware reference term-113184 adlib-term-113184 25fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043 J. W. L. Glaisher black, brown, pink, red, yellow, green and flesh-pink reference term-107563 adlib-term-107563 38dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ff enamels reference term-110416 adlib-term-110416 7347190c-472e-3638-b3f2-acd96e09c0cf underglaze cobalt-blue reference term-39593 adlib-term-39593 e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312d gold Decoration reference term-98112 adlib-term-98112 32d115a4-d3ac-33b0-b126-2a3da0fdf139 portrait Applied Arts White earthenware moulded in three parts with separately moulded forearms, and pearlware glazed. Painted underglaze in cobalt blue, and with black, brown, pink, red, yellow, green and flesh-pink enamels, and gilt. The square base is lettered ‘R. Cobden’, in gilt script, with three strokes of gilt to each side. Richard Cobden sits on a bench, his left foot on a cushion or footstool; his left hand rests on his knee, his right holds a scroll. The figure is well coloured. Cobden is dressed in a blue tail coat with gilt lapels, black striped trousers, a white waistcoat with finely painted black edging and buttons, and a black neckerchief. He wears mutton chop whiskers. Beside him is a cornucopia: a brown container from which multi coloured flowers tumble. The underside is concave and glazed, with a triangular vent hole towards the back left. The back is moulded and painted. C.1005-1928 1 accession number C.1005-1928 71125 priref 71125 1908 1908 1908 Glaisher MS catalogue, Volume:6 old object number 2915 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71125 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71125 in gilt script, with three strokes of gilt to each side. front of base painted in gold R.Cobden name rectangular paper label underside of base handwritten in black ink No. 2915 Small Staffordshire figure of Sir R Cobden [?seated]. b. at Hitchin Nov 26 1908 label two small parallel lines underside of base painted in underglaze blue mark reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Dr J.W.L.Glaisher Bequest reference agent-152564 adlib-agent-152564 c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7 Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr 1928 1928 1928 bequeathed Entry date: 1928-12-07 1846 CE 1846 circa 1846 perhaps production reference agent-187909 adlib-agent-187909 6486c303-82d9-3df3-b999-4e32054a4264 Alpha factory Following Pugh (1970) and Balston (1958), it seems more likely that this figure was made by the ‘Alpha Factory’, an as yet unidentified producer whose figures share a number of common features. Here these include: well moulded in the round; separately moulded arms: and the title in gilt script bracketed by three strokes of gilt. Rackham (1935) lists this figure as of a type made chiefly by Sampson Smith at Longton. Sampson Smith is listed in contemporary directories as a ‘manufacturer of figures in great variety’ in Longton and seems to have begun making figures around 1851, moving to Sutherland Works in 1859. The firm continued to make figures in quantity into the early part of the twentieth century, and again from 1948 when a number of original moulds were found on site (see Haggar (1955), pp.102-107, 148). But Sampson Smith figures were rarely marked, and there were many other, often smaller, manufacturers of figures working in Staffordshire at this time. Richard Cobden (1804-1865) was an entrepeneur and free-trade politician. He played a leading part in the campaign to replace feudal government with the incorporation of Manchester, as Britain’s leading industrial town. He was a passionate advocate of free trade, peace, and international co-operation; promoted the cause of national, secular, education; and helped found the pro-peace Morning Star daily newspaper. In 1938 he formed the Anti-Corn Law League, and in 1841 became MP for Stockport and, but for two years, remained in Parliament until his death. The Corn Laws were repealed in 1846, which is probably the date of the figure. reference term-109672 adlib-term-109672 a788e98b-c8a4-313c-9617-1a812228e864 19th Century, Mid reference term-120127 adlib-term-120127 ee2ddbd4-503c-30f5-8cf9-3c2d121bd315 Victoria I reference term-107658 adlib-term-107658 824d3ecf-92c1-33aa-8d45-2f0239317270 literal England England country Staffordshire reference term-107611 adlib-term-107611 790e5a19-a186-34d5-a16e-2d8dff9f6247 white earthenware reference term-107733 adlib-term-107733 00160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4 lead-glaze Depth cm 8 Depth in 3.125 Height cm 15.5 Height in 6.125 Width cm 6.7 Width in 2.625 reference media-33885 adlib-media-33885 b8023d53-2c52-3455-bbb6-e994fa22615d jpeg aa/aa2/C_1005_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1702926439787 1 image jpeg aa/aa2/mid_C_1005_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 649 width pixels 500 1702926439787 1 image jpeg aa/aa2/C_1005_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1702926439787 1 image jpeg aa/aa2/preview_C_1005_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 325 width pixels 250 1702926439787 1 image 0 media image reference media-33886 adlib-media-33886 4cd4bb86-872e-3604-90ee-149ef7470a39 jpeg aa/aa2/C_1005_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1702926625668 1 image jpeg aa/aa2/mid_C_1005_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 649 width pixels 500 1702926625668 1 image jpeg aa/aa2/C_1005_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1702926625668 1 image jpeg aa/aa2/preview_C_1005_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 325 width pixels 250 1702926625668 1 image 1 media image reference term-107454 adlib-term-107454 6ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20 figure object name reference term-130674 adlib-term-130674 2728ba11-801b-318a-8f24-c6f4b99f08e3 Victorian Staffordshire figure category reference term-130678 adlib-term-130678 c683fbc6-ba3a-3ab1-b2f5-41493ff3588d flat-backed figure category history note Mr Frost at Hitchin; bought on November 26 1908 for five shillings, by Dr Glaister, Trinity College, Cambridge reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Publ. Vol. I, p.130, no. 1005 130 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 Cf. Plate B1, Fig.6: very similar figure, but with plain trousers and title in indented capitals, 19cm (7 ½ in). Also, Fig.5: a similar but standing figure, 8 ½ in, shown as a pair with Sir Robert Peel 212 reference publication-3585 adlib-publication-3585 784308ef-9535-3132-970c-45af8a273a64 Staffordshire Portrait Figures and Allied Subjects of the Victorian Era Cf. Fig.108: five versions of a very similar figure with variations in enamel colouring, but 7 ½ in and with title in capitals. Also, two standing figures of Cobden: Fig.109P, 8 ½ in, a pair with a figure of Sir Robert Peel; and Fig.110, 9 ½ in. 51 reference publication-7227 adlib-publication-7227 6dc55e19-7dee-3713-a8a4-c81f86e35351 Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875, Book One: portraits, naval & military, theatrical & literary characters reference publication-7215 adlib-publication-7215 5a432fe5-59b0-3aa3-80ff-60e8c20dd302 Staffordshire Chimney Ornaments reference publication-7230 adlib-publication-7230 d2cba9cb-c086-3e16-84dd-f01a6f3d26b6 Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Age reference term-132617 adlib-term-132617 14759dda-eed9-3f91-aa13-d38a38d8e3d3 Corn Laws reform reference term-18969 adlib-term-18969 a9092bbd-e621-3768-8a6a-bdacd28d7e14 Member of Parliament reference term-110553 adlib-term-110553 6e0b2bee-64c8-3b43-81ba-fa1f7c76cadb Stockport object name reference term-108449 adlib-term-108449 d6a5cc8f-24c8-3ce3-903c-4e4b3a517243 cornucopia literal cornucopia cornucopia

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figure White earthenware moulded in three parts with separately moulded forearms, and pearlware glazed. Painted underglaze in cobalt blue, and with black, brown, pink, red, yellow, green and flesh-pink enamels, and gilt. The underside is concave and glazed, with a triangular vent hole towards the back left. The back is moulded and painted. in three parts with added arms reference term-130724 adlib-term-130724 94dc0522-7bb7-3aa7-a884-0878f90b9d28 press moulding reference term-106226 adlib-term-106226 194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815 painting reference term-120062 adlib-term-120062 d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206 lead-glazing reference term-28681 adlib-term-28681 c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559 gilding object OBJECT