15929995530001312637261000Standard Recordobject-71187170292703439617029085080001702926928166fitz-onlineadlib-object-71187https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71187016d0b87-7113-321e-bfda-37e9176d80776personreferenceagent-174854adlib-agent-17485447928f08-6916-31ad-81d1-0d0bde16bd18Bonaparte, Louis-Napoléonpersonreferenceagent-153729adlib-agent-15372996be19f4-fb2b-307e-b13f-1bfb98cb782bNapoleon III (1852-70)personreferenceagent-188356adlib-agent-188356a4b8a67b-6d8d-3bc0-80b7-c2b208267221Eugenie, Empresspersonreferenceagent-188355adlib-agent-1883558b689bf8-2557-37f2-8c79-0baf8be49120Montijo, Eugenie d'referenceterm-108657adlib-term-108657c170cd8e-fc63-3446-81a4-6682b5979808lead-glazed earthenwarereferenceterm-113184adlib-term-11318425fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043J. W. L. Glaisherblack, red and flesh-pinkreferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationreferenceterm-98112adlib-term-9811232d115a4-d3ac-33b0-b126-2a3da0fdf139portraitApplied ArtsWhite earthenware, moulded in three parts and pearlware glazed; painted with black, red and flesh-pink enamels, and gilt.Eugenie sits on a high backed chair and Napoleon stands to her left, with his right hand on hip and his left resting on a draped pillar. The plain oval base is inscribed ‘Eugenie & Napoleon’ in gilt script. The figures are mainly white, with features picked out in enamels and gilt. Eugenie’s gown has a three-tier, flounced, crinoline skirt and bertha bodice, decorated with small moulded flowers and gilt touches; she carries a handkerchief and a wrap, the latter moulded and touched in black to suggest ermine. Napoleon wears a moustache and beard; he is dressed in military uniform with tall black boots, sash, belt, epaulets, medals and a sword. The underside is concave and glazed. Napoleon’s back is moulded, otherwise the group is flat-backed, with rough markings in the clay and a round vent hole 5.75cm from the bottom.C.1024-19281accession numberC.1024-192871187priref71187191019101910old object number3178urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71187https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71187‘Eugenie & Napoleon’ in gilt scriptfront of basepainted in gilt scriptEugenie & NapoleontitleRectangular paper label, handwritten in black script.underside of basehandwritten in black inkNo.2178, Staffordshire group of the Empress Eugenie and Napoleon III circa 1851... [words rubbed away]... London 1910labelreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumDr J.W.L.Glaisher Bequestreferenceagent-152564adlib-agent-152564c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr192819281928bequeathedEntry date: 1928-12-071853CE1853circa1853productionreferenceagent-187914adlib-agent-1879143ff8e302-3ac3-3560-9a60-800ee4445118Unidentified factoryLouis-Napoleon Bonaparte (1808-1873), the nephew of Napoleon I, was elected President of France in 1848 and, after a coup d’état, ruled as Emperor Napoleon III from 1852 until 1870. He followed an aggressive foreign policy to extend French power and was Britain’s ally in the Crimean War (1854-56), in the campaign against Austria (1859) and in expeditions to China (1857-60). Discredited in France in 1870, he took refuge, and died, in England.Napoleon III married Eugenie d’Montijo, a Spanish Countess, on 30 January 1853. This figure group may have been made to celebrate the marriage, though at her wedding Eugenie wore a high necked dress and diamond tiara.Rackham (1935) lists this figure as of a type made chiefly by Sampson Smith, and Wolliscroft also attributes it to the factory. 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. 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. But Sampson Smith figures were rarely marked, and although this group shares the plain oval base, gilt script title and mainly flat back of other figures which have been attributed to Sampson Smith, the modelling of the figures seems less ‘solid’. There were many other, often smaller, manufacturers of figures working in Staffordshire at this time.referenceterm-109672adlib-term-109672a788e98b-c8a4-313c-9617-1a812228e86419th Century, Mid#referenceterm-15214adlib-term-15214744af2c4-a2f2-37ad-bbf4-2cd00e91ed9bVictorianreferenceterm-107611adlib-term-107611790e5a19-a186-34d5-a16e-2d8dff9f6247white earthenwarereferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazeDepthcm6.5Depthin2.625Heightcm23.5Heightin9.25Widthcm14.8Widthin5.875referencemedia-34053adlib-media-34053752c7c9c-a3f2-31c1-a25e-f6741fa69241jpegaa/aa2/C_1024_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57017029267429411imagejpegaa/aa2/mid_C_1024_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels649widthpixels50017029267429411imagejpegaa/aa2/C_1024_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57017029267429411imagejpegaa/aa2/preview_C_1024_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels325widthpixels25017029267429411image0media
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imagereferenceterm-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure groupobject namereferenceterm-130674adlib-term-1306742728ba11-801b-318a-8f24-c6f4b99f08e3Victorian Staffordshire figurecategoryreferenceterm-130678adlib-term-130678c683fbc6-ba3a-3ab1-b2f5-41493ff3588dflat-backed figurecategoryhistory noteMessrs Mortlock’s, corner of Oxford St. and Orchard St. W., London (Mr Mortlock purchased it from Hertford ). Bought on 15 March 1910 for one pound eleven shillings and sixpence (£1. 11/6), by Dr Glaisher, Trinity College.1referenceobject-71189adlib-object-71189bf32d822-9ac4-316c-a355-cf5114b6c7e01reference1term-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure groupfigure group1referenceobject-71129adlib-object-711293fe31205-a443-31db-9f3b-f966afbab4d31reference1term-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure groupfigure groupreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Vol. I, p. 132, no. 1024, listed as of a type chiefly made by Sampson Smith, Sutherland Works, Longton.132referencepublication-1031adlib-publication-1031a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55edCatalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgeCf. Plate C34, Figs 80 and 80(a): two similar figure groups, though Figure 80(a) does not appear to be so finely moulded.268referencepublication-3585adlib-publication-3585784308ef-9535-3132-970c-45af8a273a64Staffordshire Portrait Figures and Allied Subjects of the Victorian EraCf. Fig.746: a similarly moulded figure group, with additional red, pink and black enamels.216referencepublication-7227adlib-publication-72276dc55e19-7dee-3713-a8a4-c81f86e35351Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875, Book One: portraits, naval & military, theatrical & literary charactersCf. Fig.183: a similarly moulded figure group with additional enamels, though different from those in the Harding figure.119referencepublication-7214adlib-publication-72145837e427-2875-313b-a414-8210d452c972The Victorian Staffordshire FigureCf. a later figure group of Napoleon III as a small, prone figure surmounted by a large British lion12referencepublication-7216adlib-publication-7216ae90609c-35b0-3a71-843a-73dea97c1decStaffordshire FiguresRef: lists figure as ‘attributed to Sampson Smith’61referencepublication-7294adlib-publication-7294a2893bb2-7aa7-3a6e-95ab-99961cb71c2aSampson Smith, manufacturer of all kinds if figures in great variety: a celebrationreferencepublication-7217adlib-publication-7217c1860f2b-473e-3562-a129-4344ff68ed22Staffordshire Portrait Figuresreferenceterm-15214adlib-term-15214744af2c4-a2f2-37ad-bbf4-2cd00e91ed9bVictorianreferenceterm-120306adlib-term-1203064c444129-3d8c-340f-bfbd-b4d82e5cbd17Francereferenceterm-132647adlib-term-13264744a306f5-07b7-35fd-a563-8d5c9c14c50ebetrothalreferenceterm-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure groupfigure groupWhite earthenware, moulded in three parts and pearlware glazed; painted with black, red and flesh-pink enamels, and gilt. The underside is concave and glazed. Napoleon’s back is moulded, otherwise the group is flat-backed, with rough markings in the clay and a round vent hole 5.75cm from the bottom.in three partsreferenceterm-120085adlib-term-12008568c62b7c-aaf4-38a5-a1be-4d6c615c0714press-mouldingreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-120062adlib-term-120062d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206lead-glazingreferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingNapoleon III and Empress Eugenieobject
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