1676916163000 1724081947000 Standard Record object-317582 1769191310500 1747844151000 1769191307718 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-317582 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/317582 c3282803-1784-3374-9669-c3429a896b2b 4 reference term-37641 adlib-term-37641 d33bd1e6-52fc-3822-a9ba-88f8aa268061 Parian (porcelain) Diameter cm 16.5 Base Applied Arts Parian porcelain, slip cast. The figures are supported on a circular base with a slight step in the sides and a moulded reticulated pattern on the top. The mother, dressed in Renaissance style in a long gown, with a cloak over her head, is seated on a stool, and rests her bare left foot on a footstool. Her hair is parted in the centre and two plaits hang down on each of her shoulders. In her left hand she holds a book incised with the alphabet letters ABCD/EF, which she is showing to a little boy standing on her right, and places her right hand on his back. The boy leans forward with both arms outstretched to touch the book, and gazes down at the lettering. He wears a short tunic gathered around the waist, and is barefooted. The underside of the base has a flange around the edge, and a small ventilation hole under the mother's stool. C.10-2024 1 accession number C.10-2024 317582 priref 317582 probably Trice collection number old object number 33 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/317582 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/317582 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Bequeathed by John Edward Trice, 2022, received 2024 reference agent-209907 adlib-agent-209907 1eecccd4-db54-3cc3-af2d-d98841bfdf0d Trice, John Edward 2024 2024 2024 bequeathed 1865 1865 1865 circa 1865 1877 1 1877 1877 1877 manufacturer reference agent-209909 adlib-agent-209909 d09fef98-af06-3712-97f8-991595694f78 J & T Bevington after sculptor reference agent-91705 adlib-agent-91705 889776d8-540b-37fd-bc4b-68ce610f437e Michelangelo Buonarroti Although this model is said to have been inspired by Michelangelo's 'Bruges Madonna' it is is actually very different. The 'Bruges Madonna' is not teaching the Christ child to read, and he stands close to her knees facing towards the viewer. This group is reminiscent of a Derby porcelain group of a mother teaching her child to read but has the figures transposed. reference term-119977 adlib-term-119977 96c74ab3-0541-3751-b578-34008824b454 19th Century, third quarter reference term-97680 adlib-term-97680 d0493beb-d54a-30ea-970d-e525d2e9403e Victoria reference term-110443 adlib-term-110443 8e41da15-698e-303b-ac89-c241a4e52efc literal England England country Hanley reference term-37641 adlib-term-37641 d33bd1e6-52fc-3822-a9ba-88f8aa268061 Parian (porcelain) Height cm 29.2 reference term-110220 adlib-term-110220 e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942 figure group history note Manser's Antiques, Shrewsbury, from whom bought for £100 by John Edward Trice (1941-2022); bequeathed by him 1 same donor reference object-317581 adlib-object-317581 5f72d124-9cef-3d71-a85f-5b1bb8e1546a

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figure reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Ref. p. 65 for James & Thomas Bevington, working period 1865-78. Sons of Samuel Bevington, they started working on their own account in Marsh Street, Hanley in 1865, and from 1867 to 1878 were at Burton Street Works, Hanley, making earthenware and porcelain. Parian figures were produced up to the mid-1870s. These rare figures may be impressed with initials 'J & T.B.' See an example, pl. 19. 65 reference publication-2729 adlib-publication-2729 b39df0c8-43f7-31ff-b556-15d243e11935 The Illustrated Guide to Victorian Parian China Ref. for J. & T. Bevington, c. 1865-77, Hanley, Staffordshire. Cf. figs. 800-804, figures and busts. 241 reference publication-3696 adlib-publication-3696 5c3f4560-6fd0-3fcd-9629-de48b64bea5c The Parian Phenomenon, A Survey of Victorian Parian Porcelain Statuary and Busts reference term-128318 adlib-term-128318 98d9446e-8cb2-3dcc-ac0d-2a0e062c27e4 Revivalism reference term-24570 adlib-term-24570 85f583fd-1a5b-3cec-837d-c29c6262cf35 teaching people reference term-18010 adlib-term-18010 69ff6178-0d19-30f8-a57d-83937723f4ee mother object name reference term-102154 adlib-term-102154 153b3801-39e3-3b0d-9db7-da6c97b65a46 book people reference term-16924 adlib-term-16924 2385ac4c-db82-3e40-97c9-132d1449d06c boy object name reference term-71992 adlib-term-71992 8a2902b2-c2e6-3096-a0f8-c72b2decf6c2 footstool literal mother mother literal book book literal boy boy literal footstool footstool

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