1592984514000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-137206 1752602740807 1714468099000 1752602690710 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-137206 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/137206 c3e1ec2f-4204-3f5b-90c2-b692630e79c4 8 reference agent-150796 adlib-agent-150796 ec5a0c8a-e54c-3735-adea-0fd5dd14f994 Cupid reference term-37642 adlib-term-37642 8f36efe3-4fe1-3da2-9944-000db5687ad7 porcelain reference term-27675 adlib-term-27675 8ad2788f-d96d-3e96-9dfa-7f1508a290cc pâte-sur-pâte Decoration porcelain with pâte-sur-pâte decoration on a dark bluish-green ground reference term-27675 adlib-term-27675 8ad2788f-d96d-3e96-9dfa-7f1508a290cc pâte-sur-pâte reference term-1111 adlib-term-1111 46c949dd-f376-3538-878f-397baee5be09 mythology Applied Arts Porcelain with pâte-sur-pâte decoration on a dark bluish-green ground. Square tinted porcelain plaque, decorated with a white pâte-sur-pâte image of a girl seated on a stool tearing leaves from a book; Cupid stands in front of her offering her his pen; the pages float away behind her, as if on the wind. The face and sides are clear glazed. The underside is flat, unglazed and unmarked. C.3104-1928 1 accession number C.3104-1928 137206 priref 137206 Glaisher MS Catalogue, vol. 16 old object number 3605 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/137206 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/137206 face. bottom rhs inscribed in the white clay decoration L Solon 09 signature underside rectangular paper label inscribed in black ink 3605 Square pâte-sur-pâte plaque made by Mr L M Solon and entitled by him ‘The Diary’. b. at the Solon sale at Hanley, Nov.27th 1912 label 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 1928-12-07 bequeathed the Glaisher ceramic collection was entered in the accession register as one item with the date of Dr Glaisher’s death 1909 CE 1909 dated 1909 factory reference agent-166167 adlib-agent-166167 79f419c2-c9f4-385b-9abb-76804d978be0 Minton decorator reference agent-128119 adlib-agent-128119 3c55183b-11c4-387f-b84c-340c515a21c6 Solon, Louis-Marc-Emmanuel reference agent-153865 adlib-agent-153865 853be336-7cfb-32d1-aa54-fb4dff401cf0 Minton & Co. Dr Glaisher bought this plaque from the artist, who told him that ‘the torn out pages blown behind her by the wind represent superseded lovers and Cupid hands her the pen with which to start a new page’. The plaque was in a gilt slip and black frame at this point. Louis-Marc-Emmanuel Solon (1835-1913), born at Montauban in France, was originally employed at Sèvres as a figure modeller and there became a leading exponent of pâte-sur-pâte decoration. Some of his early work is signed ‘MILES’. In 1870 he joined Mintons where, until he retired in 1904, he established the company as the premier producer of pâte-sur-pâte wares, winning accolades at many of the international exhibitions. An inventive designer, he rarely copied directly from sources and introduced a range of new tinted grounds. Many of his apprentices, such as Frederick Rhead and Albion Birks, achieved their own renown as pâte-sur-pâte practitioners. This plaque was produced after Solon’s retirement, when he continued to decorate slab decoration on slabs supplied by Mintons while writing and collecting a library of over 4,000 books on pottery . Minton, founded in 1793, originally produced blue printed earthenware and, later, creamware, bone china and other products, particularly tableware. From the mid 1830s, new lines in encaustic and printed tiles, figures and ornamental wares were introduced. The early business traded under various names, from 1845 it was known as Minton & Co. and from 1873 as Mintons Ltd. Pâte-sur-pâte decoration is created by applying layers of white slip (liquid clay) with a brush. By using this method, the decorator is able to achieve a semi-translucent image, which would not be possible with moulded reliefs. reference term-109008 adlib-term-109008 841b18bd-944d-3c9c-8d39-bdaabbcc28e1 20th Century, Early reference term-114724 adlib-term-114724 5a440df3-6de5-387e-a3a2-4c8ae96a9213 Edward VII reference term-110455 adlib-term-110455 5e7df88f-a1c2-39c8-a341-807aa544c9d0 literal England England country literal Staffordshire Staffordshire region Stoke-on-Trent tinted reference term-37642 adlib-term-37642 8f36efe3-4fe1-3da2-9944-000db5687ad7 porcelain Height cm 0.5 Width cm 16 reference term-107484 adlib-term-107484 935e21d3-0b7f-3ca6-9987-b79c82e054fd plaque object name reference term-30982 adlib-term-30982 952a2227-ce0e-31a3-a0d9-40085991be5b tile category history note Louis-Marc-Emmanuel Solon, Stoke-on-Trent; sold Hanley, Charles Butters & Sons, 26-28 November 1912, Catalogue of the Pottery & porcelain in the Collection of L.M. Solon, second day, lot 368; purchased by Mr Stoner for £17.17 on behalf of Dr Glaisher 1 same artist reference object-74504 adlib-object-74504 89020702-7eaf-37e6-aa85-9526884592f8

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panel reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Publ. no. 3104. Vol.1.2 p.394 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 Publ. p. 179, fig. 33, black and white illustration 179 reference publication-200000972 adlib-publication-200000972 7f5a96e7-f977-3a54-a682-7562e7be5929 James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, ScD, FRS (1848-1928), A Cambridge Mathematician and Collector Cf. examples of Minton pâte-sur-pâte and information about Solon’s role in developing the process and his contract with Minton. 187-214 reference publication-3705 adlib-publication-3705 2d5446f2-19e5-3230-8462-346af5efbf36 Minton, The First Two Hundred Years of Design and Production Cf. examples of pâte-sur-pâte by Solon and others trained by him. 98-110 reference publication-2727 adlib-publication-2727 02232f50-fd3b-3b8a-9687-1a8ff3f7c0d1 Minton 1798-1910 Cf. examples of pâte-sur-pâte by Solon and others and background information; p.367 for Minton bibliography. 153-158, 302 reference publication-7697 adlib-publication-7697 78ab2e7d-b46a-3610-9abd-ab9839494cf3 Dictionary of Minton reference term-9044 adlib-term-9044 99dcb503-1a64-3792-8a40-48eda95dd763 Neoclassical reference term-102067 adlib-term-102067 4ea2955e-d733-30af-a775-c406ce57da01 diary

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