15929702270001312637261000Standard Recordobject-15391170292710014415996556970001702926918778fitz-onlineadlib-object-15391https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/15391df194ca5-80f2-3464-b545-b9013f1caddc10referenceagent-34602adlib-agent-346027d602658-e69d-374c-bb70-7a06b575ac7bDe Morgan, William Frendreferenceagent-189578adlib-agent-1895780eb910bc-d0c1-3f7b-8f6c-9d2b66b53648Findon Church, Sussexpersonreferenceagent-153896adlib-agent-1538967452b67e-9e27-310e-81b6-f029ef65e9e6minstrelreferenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwarereferenceterm-42688adlib-term-426884df03958-5ee6-3a50-ada9-491bb6445fdfArt Potteryreferenceterm-32234adlib-term-3223496ff7097-33c1-398e-891e-22b7705b69fewood (plant material)Heightcm46.5Widthcm31.5Framereferenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwareTilesSquarecm15.5Large TilesDecorationblueish-greenreferenceterm-27616adlib-term-2761661e6a95d-84c8-3893-b6c8-213392262987glazing (coating)in enamelsreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-110350adlib-term-110350ab450de1-5dfc-3514-9493-1f724d7255a7trade/occupationreferenceterm-23557adlib-term-23557194aa9d9-b56f-3c7d-8624-28305a4d3af5arts/architectureApplied ArtsTile panel in a reeded wooden frame. Two large squares tiles surrounded by a border of 40 small square tiles, mounted on glass. The border tiles are glazed in blueish-green, of varying depth. The central tiles are painted in shades of cobalt blue on a white ground, the design covering both tiles and surrounded by a thin blue framing line and reserved white border. A young minstrel in medieval dress stands, barefoot, playing a harp. Behind are two tall, stylised, bushes bearing circular fruits. The minstrel walks on grass, dotted with clumps of primrose-like flowers.119referenceexhibition-1207adlib-exhibition-1207fc88069a-7bd3-3bf5-9d37-a633e8e3ac6eMorris & Company in CambridgeC.4-19801accession numberC.4-198015391priref15391urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/15391https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/15391referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum with a contribution from the Victoria & Albert Museum Grant-in-Aid.referenceagent-149645adlib-agent-14964510925b71-6838-30f7-a8dd-b68a2afaa14dThe Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum198019801980-02-04givenEntry date: 1980-02-0418721872CE1872circa1872187411874CE18741874makerreferenceagent-153892adlib-agent-1538926867b7b9-4eb4-3971-a945-c42b2457073aMorris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.designerreferenceagent-95732adlib-agent-9573231b812d0-d5d1-3e22-bd3f-25152c4f9d4cMorris, William(border tiles)makerreferenceagent-153880adlib-agent-15388044b43624-6544-3415-890a-4a89c4a1a170William De Morgan & Co.The minstrel is one of a series of twelve figures playing different instruments designed by William Morris, c.1867. They were produced in both tiles and stained glass, sometimes with the addition of wings, as angels. An early example is still in situ at Findon Church, Sussex, where this design appears with five other two panel minstrels above a number of floral tiles, 1867-8, three angels to each side of the altar (see Myers). A number of similar minstrel two-tile panels, decorated in blue, formed part of Morris & Co’s decoration of Novello & Co’s music shop, c.1870; and a window containing the Fitzwilliam minstrel design, set among square quarries of alternating stylised flowers,1872-74, is in the V&A collection (V&A C.679-1923). As noted by Myers, the colour of the Fitzwilliam tiles is a particularly rich blue, and the painting of the face not quite the same as the earlier versions, so this panel may be later, perhaps c.1900. It is likely that the border tiles were made by William De Morgan, and it is possible that the background also borrowed from his ‘leaf and berry’ design.referenceterm-106853adlib-term-10685325492eb4-1164-35eb-8dce-3601486f341519th Centuryreferenceterm-15214adlib-term-15214744af2c4-a2f2-37ad-bbf4-2cd00e91ed9bVictorianreferenceterm-110598adlib-term-110598b075ee76-ba2e-31a1-8b78-900b14b06954literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralLondonLondonregionBloomsburyreferencemedia-12476adlib-media-124764522cad1-5445-329b-8d65-151291ff7d1cjpegaa/aa19/C_4_1980_282_29.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels44916162515385601imagejpegaa/aa19/C_4_1980_282_29.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels44916162515385601imagejpegaa/aa19/C_4_1980_282_29.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels44916162515385601imagejpegaa/aa19/preview_C_4_1980_282_29.jpg1heightpixels423widthpixels25016162515385601image0media
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imagereferenceterm-108333adlib-term-1083332ca0d92e-eaa0-36b2-ac71-68f4943e27a6tile panelhistory noteThe Fine Art Society, 148 New Bond Street, London, in association with Haslam & Whiteway.1same makerreferenceobject-15389adlib-object-153890128c65e-850e-3b70-8fa9-421d7bb683cd1reference1term-30982adlib-term-30982952a2227-ce0e-31a3-a0d9-40085991be5btiletile1same makerreferenceobject-15390adlib-object-15390775f1e38-5d21-38d7-bcdb-2d6c6bf015f71reference1term-30982adlib-term-30982952a2227-ce0e-31a3-a0d9-40085991be5btiletile1referenceobject-28089adlib-object-28089d46ceb7b-1456-3d6a-8d2d-06447c8a5c961reference1term-109983adlib-term-109983e1f98f1e-73a2-3c73-9a65-42ff7cbf1bb8panel (stained glass)panel (stained glass)referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. See p. 77, no. 119, designs for twelve minstrels by Morris c. 1872-4p. 77referencepublication-1518adlib-publication-1518315af46e-ff84-3d40-9b3d-c672c35c37ffMorris & Company in CambridgePubl. (without image) Catleugh states that the smaller tiles round the two larger ones were made by De Morgan, and notes the high quality of the cobalt blue used here. He also suggests that the central tiles may have also been painted by De Morgan, as the background follows one of his known designs (Fig. 66).pp. 57-8, 71referencepublication-1513adlib-publication-15137388bc5a-bb83-3835-a489-5c4aa4dc9b88William De Morgan TilesPubl. (without image): identifies twelve minstrel designs by Morris, used or tiles and stained glass from c.1870, including a version of this one still in situ at Findon church, Sussex. Notes richer blue of Fitzwilliam tiles, and two other similar sets, and suggests that they were made later, perhaps after 1900, as ‘the faces, while prettily executed, lack the impact of Morris’s own style’. Notes also that border tiles are by William De Morgan and the panel is mounted on glass.71-77referencepublication-7539adlib-publication-7539e10bc805-e77d-3ce5-8512-db3843148df0William Morris Tiles : The tile designs of Morris and his fellow-workersCf. Similar tiles formerly in the Handley-Read Collection, pp. 74-5, D.114-116, three tile panels with musical figures, which came from Novello and Co., a music shop decorated by Morris and Co. 1868-1872. Cecil Higgins C, 1204, 1205, 1206. Two similar tile panels from the same establishment are in the Victoria and Albert Museum.pp. 74-5referencepublication-1048adlib-publication-10483731e4a6-d392-3c17-9cbb-1cb7a099cfbbVictorian and Edwardian Decorative Art , The Handley-Read CollectionCf. Similar figures were produced in stained glass for domestic use and with the addition of wings for ecclesiastical. A window containing this minstrel, set among square quarries of alternating stylised flowers was given to the Victoria and Albert Museum by May Morris, C.679-1923. See, repr. pl. 362, II, p. 104.p. 104referencepublication-1522adlib-publication-1522414c7807-0723-3957-813a-374a6fedd2b8The Stained Glass of William Morris and his CircleCf. Lots 60,59, colour illustration: two panels decorated with minstrel figures holding, respectively, a portable organ and ? a lute. Est. £1,000-1,50010referencepublication-3481adlib-publication-3481f9ab6658-7fed-3413-ab98-000283ae106aBritish Decorative Arts, 1860 to the Present Day, 1st March 1996referenceterm-12611adlib-term-12611834b65f7-cfad-3dec-bca8-253a9e8b4281Arts and Crafts (movement)object namereferenceterm-108520adlib-term-1085203d03db93-5ad2-382d-a3fd-74714dff5549harpactivityreferenceterm-23596adlib-term-23596f5fe6ab7-fea6-31d5-8f77-1ad5f40613ccmusicliteralharpharpliteralmusicmusicreferenceterm-108333adlib-term-1083332ca0d92e-eaa0-36b2-ac71-68f4943e27a6tile paneltile panelearthenware, painted in blue, yellow, sage green, flesh and black enamel colours.whitereferenceterm-120058adlib-term-1200589e43c4bc-1f48-3a76-b4ea-7075449f5addslip-coatingMinstrel tile panelobject
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