15929996470001312637261000Standard Recordobject-74452170266712196617026432200001702667076718fitz-onlineadlib-object-74452https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/744520aa26c2c-397d-3d25-8d6d-34b604990b177Sir Charles Hercules Read (1857-1929), was a British archaeologist, who joined the British Museum as a curator in 1880 and in 1896 succeeded Sir A.W. Franks as Keeper of the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnographyreferenceagent-207189adlib-agent-207189c2dd1a00-6b98-353d-abad-49246a1cd7b1Read, Hercules, Sir (1857-1929)referenceterm-37627adlib-term-37627254febfe-0021-3e45-89a7-d57ba40044c7hard-paste porcelainreferenceterm-113184adlib-term-11318425fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043J. W. L. Glaisherblue, bluish-green, pale yellow, pink, red, pale brown, dark brown, greyish-brown, and blackreferenceterm-32638adlib-term-3263897b8d1a5-7b8f-3a2a-a275-7d001aeaae2benamelDecorationblue, bluish-green, pale yellow, pink, red, pale brown, dark brown, greyish-brown, and black enamelsreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingHeightcm16.5Over Girl's HeadWidthcm17.8BaseApplied ArtsHard-paste porcelain painted in polychrome enamels and gilt. A kneeling youth comforts a seated shepherdess who is weeping over a dead sheep.Hard-paste porcelain press-moulded, and painted overglaze in blue, bluish-green, pale yellow, pink, red, pale brown, dark brown, greyish-brown, and black enamels, and lightly gilt. The underside is open and glazed, On the viewer's left there is a rectangular prop, and part of another beside it. The base is approximately oval with a wavy edge. There are brown rocks round the edge, and in the middle of the back, a heap of rocks forming a seat. The top is painted with bluish-green grass. The shepherdess sits on the rock seat holding her handkerchief to her eyes with her left hand and resting hr right on the shoulders of a youth who kneels beside her. He has his left hand round her waist and holds his right to his chest. His bag and hulot lie on the grass in front of him. The dead sheep lies across the right end of the base . The bare-footed girl has pale brown hair, dressed in a double chignon at the back of her head. She wears a full-sleeved chemise, a white bodice with a red edge, gold seams, and two blue double bows on the shoulders, neckline and waist. The boy has a white shirt and neckcloth, a pink jacket with gold edging, pale yellow breeches and black shoes. His bag is brown with two red bows and there is another at the top of his houlot. Beside the sheep's head there are two red berries and four leaves.C.3178-19281accession numberC.3178-192874452priref74452old object number5116urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74452https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74452on underside of baseincised underglazeM•S• No 87model numberon underside of base below the larger model numberincised underglazeM.41marka wheelon underside of base to right of M.41painted underglaze in bluefactory markreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumDr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequestreferenceagent-152564adlib-agent-152564c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr192819281928-12-07bequeathedthe Glaisher ceramic collection was entered in the accession register as one item with the date of Dr Glaisher’s death17751775CE1775circa1775177811778CE17781778factoryreferenceagent-176305adlib-agent-1763056a316c28-d3f6-3fae-b81a-65d81336f560Höchst Porcelain Manufactorymodellerreferenceagent-90354adlib-agent-90354527c5293-e949-389a-bd58-96da06b6e7d9Melchior, Johann Peterreferenceterm-106779adlib-term-106779f0706fcd-d94c-3987-bcb5-f7f794332b6a18th Century, Latereferenceterm-110407adlib-term-11040708d0f686-1347-3bb9-a466-b33699f5f2c6literalGermanyGermanycountryHöchst-am-Mainclearreferenceterm-32652adlib-term-3265282d8ae3b-f165-395c-ba93-dfa1c282b7beglazereferenceterm-37627adlib-term-37627254febfe-0021-3e45-89a7-d57ba40044c7hard-paste porcelainreferencemedia-42611adlib-media-42611ce5c1aa4-1f37-37d7-85cb-5bf15afd2a50jpegaa/aa3/C_3178_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162784820771imagejpegaa/aa3/mid_C_3178_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels362widthpixels50016162784820771imagejpegaa/aa3/C_3178_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162784820771imagejpegaa/aa3/preview_C_3178_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels181widthpixels25016162784820771image0media
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imagereferenceterm-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure grouphistory noteSir Hercules Read (1857-1929); sold Sotheby's, 6 November 1928, Catalogue of the Varied and Extensive Collection of Works of Art, The Property of Sir Hercules Read, 6, Palace Gardens Terrace, W.8, second day, lot 179; purchased by Hunt for £26 on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. p. 17, second day, lot 179.117referencepublication-5992adlib-publication-59928a149648-22a4-3abd-a46f-b09a2d1b9493Catalogue of the Varied and Extensive Collection of Works of Art, The Property of Sir Hercules Read, 6, Palace Gardens Terrace, W.8Publ. Vol. l, p. 408, no. 3178, vol. II, pl. 257A408referencepublication-1031adlib-publication-1031a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55edCatalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgePubl. p. 178, pl. 32, black and white illustration178referencepublication-200000972adlib-publication-2000009727f5a96e7-f977-3a54-a682-7562e7be5929James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, ScD, FRS (1848-1928), A Cambridge Mathematician and CollectorCf. p. 76, pl. 154, an example h. 15.3 cm, dated c. 1775, in the Museum der Stadt Ratingen; text p. 77. This example is much more attractively painted; the boy wears white trousers with blue check and a white jacket with pink stripes; the girl is mainly white with a brightly-coloured floral skirt76referencepublication-6197adlib-publication-61976a90e99d-502a-3409-bda0-51c1b93bc0aaJohann Peter Melchior 1747-1825, Bildhauer und Modellmeister im Höchst, Frankenthal und NymphenburgCf. p. 105, no. 193, a biscuit model in the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Koln (inv. Nr. E 21376)105referencepublication-2777adlib-publication-27776e5539b6-4129-3e7c-a647-a86e9412660bFigürliches Porzellanreferenceterm-1866adlib-term-1866f8c8b1e5-3333-3cd9-a0e3-241d5e36e599griefanimalreferenceterm-106464adlib-term-1064649b682ada-9fbd-3810-953f-868aba7cfac1sheepliteralsheepsheepreferenceterm-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure groupfigure groupin partsreferenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingreferenceterm-122641adlib-term-122641d5fb75d8-097d-3fd7-8e70-87e9d96d77f7glazingMourning over the Dead Lambobject
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