15929843240001312637261000Standard Recordobject-76456170197577656715948523420001701975718124fitz-onlineadlib-object-76456https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76456bc3e93ac-fe41-3f65-93aa-3e5fab7b04485referenceagent-194001adlib-agent-19400136bf9c89-17a5-3816-8378-4ead8e3f7d59Wombwell, Georgereferenceterm-108657adlib-term-108657c170cd8e-fc63-3446-81a4-6682b5979808lead-glazed earthenwarereferenceterm-42858adlib-term-4285828dd1a37-f2da-31c5-a8b7-684957070a75pearlwarereferenceterm-113184adlib-term-11318425fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043J. W. L. Glaisherpearlwarereferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazepolychromereferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsDecorationreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-122641adlib-term-122641d5fb75d8-097d-3fd7-8e70-87e9d96d77f7glazingPartsreferenceterm-121246adlib-term-121246cd0cb1a4-68fa-396e-a2f5-856490890cd3modellingreferenceterm-24306adlib-term-24306baea8705-187b-3229-a6f9-73c5ef1a1de4entertainingreferenceterm-106220adlib-term-1062203040e455-d79a-3371-92d7-002ae1cea70aanimalsApplied ArtsEarthenware figure group, moulded and modelled, pearlware glazed and painted with polychrome enamels.Staffordshire figure group representing Wombwell’s Menagerie on the front of a wide spill vase, standing on a blue and white scrolled base. Steps lead up to a stage on which three men are blowing trumpets, one beats a drum and a woman is seated. The stage is framed by yellow and red candy striped columns, with another in the centre, each topped by a lamp, between which red curtains are gathered up. Above is a moulded panel with an elephant, bearing a castle on its back, between two trees; on each tree is a monkey in high relief. Round the panel, on a ribbon, runs the inscription THE . LARGEST . COLLECTION. OF. ANIMALS .WOMBELL’S. IMMENSE. MENAGERIE. OF. WILD. BEATS. ETC. The back is flat, glazed and unpainted. The underside is flat and glazed, with two pad feet at the back corners ; the scrolls form feet at the front.C.961-19281accession numberC.961-192876456priref76456192319231923old object number3202urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76456https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76456referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumDr J.W L. Glaisher Bequestreferenceagent-152564adlib-agent-152564c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr192819281928-12-07bequeathed18301830CE1830circa1830183511835CE1835circa1835productionreferenceagent-188632adlib-agent-188632b379bf0c-f1b7-35d3-89f0-cbc229ee14ffUnidentified PotteryEarthenware figure groups were popular from around 1810, although the earliest examples date from nearly a century earlier. A cheaper alternative to porcelain figures, they were often produced by small potteries; very few are marked. Classical or literary subjects were frequently copied from porcelain examples, but potters increasingly turned to scenes from everyday life and topical events. Early figure groups are often complex, including modelled and moulded parts, applied decoration and partially decorated backs. As demand increased, processes were streamlined to allow mass production and by c.1835 earlier methods had largely given way to three-part press-moulding. The flat back, relatively simple moulding and fewer modelled parts here suggest an early 1830s date.Pottery models of Wombwell’s and Polito’s Menageries were equally popular, and there are a number of surviving examples. Versions on different table or other bases suggest they were made by several potters and sometimes the figures seem to have been made by different potters and/or moulds shared between potteries, perhaps to save costs. Figures of individual menagerie animals were also common.Travelling menageries were popular in England from the late 18th Century. Exotic animals, such as lions and elephants had previously only been seen in aristocratic collections; now menageries took them out to the general public. From c.1830s, with the addition of animal tamers’ tricks, brass bands and human performers, the shows evolved into what we now know as circus. Stephani Polito bought the Exeter Change Menagerie, already established in London, c.1810. He died in 1814, but Polito’s Menagerie continued until c.1836. George Wombwell started his first menagerie c.1807 and by 1839 Wombwell’s Menagerie included 15 wagons of animals; by 1850 there were three shows touring; the business continued until 1884. There is a stuffed lion from Wombwell’s Menagerie in Saffron Walden Museum.referenceterm-114523adlib-term-114523435b2a3c-ff47-31ed-bed3-17b95d739d0a19th Century, first half#referenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwareHeightcm21.5Widthcm17.7referencemedia-47779adlib-media-477790c434f14-2a8c-322f-af57-aa9e1ab5eb69jpegaa/aa8/C_961_1928.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57016162404876651imagejpegaa/aa8/mid_C_961_1928.jpg1heightpixels649widthpixels50016162404876651imagejpegaa/aa8/C_961_1928.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57016162404876651imagejpegaa/aa8/preview_C_961_1928.jpg1heightpixels325widthpixels25016162404876651image0media
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imagereferenceterm-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure groupreferenceterm-134396adlib-term-134396238a8c79-c8ce-3ed9-9d80-3a938ba82083Staffordshire figure group (early)referenceterm-130680adlib-term-1306804af9103f-c84b-3698-8764-bdecfcb876ecflat-backed figure groupreferenceterm-116876adlib-term-1168767d48aadc-47e9-3419-98a2-b9d9a5ea75f7spill vasehistory noteCaptain Reynolds Collection, London; sold to Messrs Gill and Reigate; Mr Stoner, London, from whom purchased in 1910 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge. Dr Glaisher paid £125 for this and fourteen other pieces, as part of a purchase of 35 figures and figure groups.1referenceobject-76465adlib-object-764650c4fcc1e-49c1-3b1b-ac0e-be26d359489b1reference1term-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure groupfigure group1referenceobject-76466adlib-object-764661fcde2cf-2df6-3a04-974e-12e7f12e89661reference1term-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure groupfigure groupreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Vol. l, p. 126, no. 961126referencepublication-1031adlib-publication-1031a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55edCatalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgeCf. Plates 67-70 and b/w images, various versions of Polito’s and Wombwell’s Menageries, on different bases, c.1825-35.261-275referencepublication-6492adlib-publication-64928f7a7c8d-d834-39c7-aba5-eddaaff4dd0cEnglish Earthenware Figures 1740-1840Cf. Polito’s and Wombwell’s Menageries and other relevant images in a Chapter on Staffordshire Figure Menageries which includes quote from Lord Byron’s diary. Also re circus and performing animal figures.100-115referencepublication-5796adlib-publication-5796f53034c1-658f-3808-ae92-bf4b4c428367People, Passions, Pastimes, and Pleasures, Staffordshire Figures 1810-1835Cf. Plate 73, Polito’s Menagerie, on a marbled table-base. Notes that Mr & Mrs Polito died 1814 and Mr Wombwell 1850.92referencepublication-7215adlib-publication-72155a432fe5-59b0-3aa3-80ff-60e8c20dd302Staffordshire Chimney OrnamentsCf. an eg.sold at Bonhams 1.11.1984, £21,000Vol. CXXI (Jan 1985), p.74referencepublication-400000012adlib-publication-400000012ef152ba7-f27e-3f68-907d-d6b5ef550e37Apolloreferencepublication-992adlib-publication-992e26b9de8-5607-3d6e-82c1-bba7d8cb57c4Plagiarism Personified? European Pottery and Porcelain FiguresRef. for menageries. Cf. p. 111, fig. 3, a larger Wombwell's Menagerie in the Victoria and Albert Museum.103-17referencepublication-200003135adlib-publication-20000313574428ebf-9d0f-3cf6-be56-8d84ed5d97c2Elephants, Education and Entertainment. Touring menageries in nineteenth century Britainreferenceterm-58768adlib-term-587685fb4fd35-4bf9-3223-b21a-5f49e06eaac7menageriereferenceterm-106940adlib-term-1069409741b873-2411-335d-abf2-2a4af30d9c5dcircusreferenceterm-106353adlib-term-10635394dbf2d1-80ce-352d-b3db-fd957b2fd428lionreferenceterm-107031adlib-term-1070313ea57a00-0cd5-37b7-9c8d-444febb5ca75elephantreferenceterm-92145adlib-term-92145e3b08aac-6ac6-32d1-bb95-0f77f3dbc2abmonkeyreferenceterm-23596adlib-term-23596f5fe6ab7-fea6-31d5-8f77-1ad5f40613ccmusicreferenceterm-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure groupfigure groupearthenware, moulded and modelled, lead-glazed and painted with enamels.referenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingWombwell's Menagerieobject
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