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An Actor, possibly David Garrick
Probably
Vauxhall Porcelain Factory
(Factory)
Former attribution
Longton Hall Porcelain Manufactory
(Factory)
Former attribution
Littler, William
(Potter)
Soft-paste porcelain figure of an actor, possibly David Garrick, standing beside a pedestal
Soft-paste porcelain figure, an actor, possibly David Garrick. Glassy white soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, and lead-glazed. The actor stands with his left hand on his breast, his right resting on an open book which is supported on a waisted socle moulded with the mask of Tragedy; he is bare-headed, with a cloak flung loosely over his partially unbuttoned jacket and knee breeches. Supported on a rectangular, straight-sided slab base.
History note: Bought from Mr Frank Stoner, November 10th 1919, for £18-10s by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trintity College, Cambridge.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 20.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Mid-18th Century
George II
Circa
1756
CE
-
1760
CE
This figure was attributed to Longton Hall, but it has recently been suggested that it could have been made at the Vauxhall Porcelain Factory. A coloured example, now attributed to Vauxhall, is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, see Documentation, Schreiber Collection.
presumed lead Lead-glaze Soft-paste porcelain
Slip-casting : Glassy, white soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast and lead-glazed
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.3087-1928
Primary reference Number: 38101
Old object number: 4225, vol. 24
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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Accession Number: NAV.13.2-1933
Accession Number: NAV.13.1-1933
Accession Number: GR.1.2002
Accession Number: GR.85d.1937
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