1592999456000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-41539 1752602702240 1714465337000 1752602690710 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-41539 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/41539 8bec359a-00cc-3117-96bf-7104367ec69a 8 person reference agent-157676 adlib-agent-157676 d29fdee2-741f-3ec2-b8d6-d5f792a93100 Clive, Kitty person reference agent-150630 adlib-agent-150630 d6ec1a62-2d67-369d-9bdb-a3a669b0c08c actress reference term-37642 adlib-term-37642 8f36efe3-4fe1-3da2-9944-000db5687ad7 porcelain reference term-37637 adlib-term-37637 89b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecb soft-paste porcelain reference term-113184 adlib-term-113184 25fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043 J. W. L. Glaisher Details reference term-120060 adlib-term-120060 2a6ad93f-460b-3c12-ae60-89a8c8d54a3d hand-modelling reference term-23557 adlib-term-23557 194aa9d9-b56f-3c7d-8624-28305a4d3af5 arts/architecture reference term-110350 adlib-term-110350 ab450de1-5dfc-3514-9493-1f724d7255a7 trade/occupation Applied Arts Soft-paste porcelain figure of Kitty Clive as 'The Fine Lady' in Lethe. Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, and lead-glazed on the exterior, and on a small area of the interior of the skirt. The porcelain appears slightly greyish-white and the glaze is speckly. The figure is open underneath and has, at the front, half of a square base cut diagonally. 'The Fine Lady' stands facing the front, with her head back. She wears a pinner, a ruffle round her neck, a pet-en-lair jacket with a sack back and small bobbles on the cuffs and front edges, double ruffles below the cuffs, and a wide hooped skirt. She rests her left arm over the skirt and holds a lapdog under her right arm. C.3026A-1928 1 accession number C.3026A-1928 41539 priref 41539 Glaisher MS Catalogue, vol. 27 old object number 4491B uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/41539 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/41539 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 1755 CE 1755 The greyish-white paste suggests that this Kitty was made later than the example dated 1750. circa 1755 factory reference agent-157665 adlib-agent-157665 b68c5501-4b5f-39e8-8048-c9b58de684e3 Bow Porcelain Manufactory after engraver reference agent-157675 adlib-agent-157675 fe178d12-78f8-3bd7-b926-b6ecd0607034 Mosely, Charles after painter reference agent-147263 adlib-agent-147263 b1666c81-0326-343f-8fda-1eaf5a219a95 Worlidge, Thomas The Dublin-born actress, Catherine Clive (née Rafter, 1711-85), known as Kitty, joined the cast of Garrick's farce, Lethe as Mrs Riot or 'The Fine Lady' in 1749.The Bow model of Kitty was derived from a mezzotint of 1750 by Charles Mosely, traditionally said to be after a water-colour drawing by Thomas Worlidge,. A model on a high base, inscribed with the date 1750, is in the Fitzwilliam (EC.3-1938). reference term-106496 adlib-term-106496 bd563695-7339-3178-a8c4-251899070993 18th Century, Mid reference term-107736 adlib-term-107736 e93a8dd1-d76d-320b-be9b-afa352e322a1 George II reference term-110490 adlib-term-110490 bb9026c5-22c6-3c07-8c4c-b6817acc50c4 literal England England country Stratford-le-Bow presumed lead reference term-107733 adlib-term-107733 00160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4 lead-glaze presumed phosphatic reference term-37637 adlib-term-37637 89b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecb soft-paste porcelain Height cm 25.3 Width cm 17.5 reference media-17231 adlib-media-17231 11620401-acbf-3695-b4b2-7c2eda5cca2d jpeg aa/aa3/C_3026A_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1702926608591 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/mid_C_3026A_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 649 width pixels 500 1702926608591 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/C_3026A_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1702926608591 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/preview_C_3026A_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 325 width pixels 250 1702926608591 1 image 0 media image reference media-17232 adlib-media-17232 f4c775dc-ee44-32f6-b1d2-7619325bc025 jpeg aa/aa3/C_3026A_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1702926462580 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/mid_C_3026A_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 649 width pixels 500 1702926462580 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/C_3026A_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1702926462580 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/preview_C_3026A_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 325 width pixels 250 1702926462580 1 image 1 media image reference media-17233 adlib-media-17233 39ba1ca9-5ad9-30f9-9e35-a66314fa2f75 jpeg aa/aa3/C_3026A_1928_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1702926570580 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/mid_C_3026A_1928_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 649 width pixels 500 1702926570580 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/C_3026A_1928_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1702926570580 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/preview_C_3026A_1928_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 325 width pixels 250 1702926570580 1 image 2 media image reference term-107454 adlib-term-107454 6ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20 figure history note Mr Stoner (probably Mr George Stoner), Stoner & Evans, London, from whom purchased on 21 March 1917 for £125 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Publ. Vol. I, p. 284, no. 3027A, Vol. II, pl. 243B p. 284 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 Ref. The figure is A1 in Bradshaw's list of Bow figures, see p. 88, A1 For information on Kitty Clive, see p. 50 Cf. An example on a low base with Henry Woodward, in the National Museum of Ireland, see p. 60, pl. 1 pp. 50, 88 reference publication-2758 adlib-publication-2758 aae1cefe-a8f4-3d0e-b8c5-0b213fcd157b Bow Porcelain Figures circa 1748-1774 Ref. For an illustration of the mezzotint, in which the Bow model was derived from, see p. 21, fig. 31, and see pp. 20-6 for Kitty Clive and Lethe. pp. 20-6 reference publication-2761 adlib-publication-2761 3388becd-0e43-3a5d-87ae-2b0d22ec610f Bow Porcelain and the London Theatre: vivitur ingenio Cf. The majority of examples are glazed white porcelain, but there is a biscuit example lacking the left arm, in the British Museum, see p. 9, I.7, which is described as 'a proof of the original mould of the statuette'. p. 9 reference publication-2716 adlib-publication-2716 1839e893-0fd8-312e-9443-9e7bccf27506 Catalogue of the Collection of English Porcelain in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum reference publication-2766 adlib-publication-2766 c3f79447-44cb-31fe-8ac2-f394068b2b05 The Important Collection of Fine English Porcelain, The Property of the Late Sir Bernard Eckstein Barrett, 29th March 1949 Cf. An example on a low base, see pp. 166-9, fig. 241, pl. 76 pp. 166-9 reference publication-2614 adlib-publication-2614 bd0c2e2e-8e28-3664-bf00-fe50da012352 Chelsea and other English Porcelain, Pottery and Enamel in the Irwin Untermyer Collection reference publication-2638 adlib-publication-2638 b726d173-c02a-3b14-9d59-e12ad49bbf8a English Ceramics 1580-1830, A Commemorative Catalogue to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the English Ceramic Circle 1927-1977 Cf. A coloured example on a low base with Henry Woodward, in the Godden collection, see colour pl. H, and pp. 134-5. See 2nd edition, 1991, colour pl. H, and p. 124 pp. 134-5 reference publication-2688 adlib-publication-2688 2634db86-6ad0-3838-a637-0970bac11a83 Bow Porcelain reference publication-2765 adlib-publication-2765 2d522003-0542-3332-b6da-157ffd1f02ef English Pottery and Porcelain, 19th April 1982 Cf. An example on a low base, see p. 122, no. 186 p. 122 reference publication-2678 adlib-publication-2678 d747a7ce-aa62-3337-b66f-befcaea7a0d9 Bow Porcelain: The Collection formed by Geoffrey Freeman reference publication-2632 adlib-publication-2632 64a355ff-02a0-3871-9dfd-748c4a3c6691 English Enamels and British and Irish Ceramics Cf. An example on a low base with two points at the front separated by curves, p. 16, lot 47. Estimate £2-3,000; unsold. p. 16 reference publication-2767 adlib-publication-2767 e6dabc18-eead-3fa0-bcb8-e24adab02bba British and Irish Ceramics, 27th May 1986 reference publication-2768 adlib-publication-2768 841be34f-a4a0-3138-8df0-e333b85314f0 Sale of Southwick House, the property of the late Mrs E.S. Borthwick-Norton, 18th October 1988 Cf. An example on a low base with Henry Woodward, p. 195, lot 385; previously sold at Sotheby's, 23rd February 1971, lot 167. Fetched £35,200 the pair. p. 195 reference publication-2581 adlib-publication-2581 1028337b-2c06-329b-ac8e-30af68e34013 Ceramics from the Rous Lench Collection including British Pottery and Porcelain, Dutch Delft . . . Cf. An example on a low base, formerly in the collection of Mrs W.D. (F.L.) Dickson, and by descent to the vendor, p. 17, lot 47. Estimate £4-6,000. p. 17 reference publication-2769 adlib-publication-2769 20a4fe4b-6658-30e9-9414-5fee598d936b British and Continental Ceramics, 11th October 1993 reference publication-2772 adlib-publication-2772 2d943e1e-26df-3641-baa9-515cf762a5f8 English Ceramics from the Elizabeth E. Stewart Collection, 22nd April 1994 Cf. An example on a low base, p. 15, lot 34. Estimate £1,800-2,000; fetched £2070 (including buyer's premium). p. 15 reference publication-2770 adlib-publication-2770 a8e23ae9-7c2d-363a-8a65-2a5d4e5031f4 British and Continental Ceramics, 5th December 1994 Cf. An example on a low base, p. 48, lot 114. Estimate £800-1,200; fetched £3680 (including buyer's premium). p. 48 reference publication-2771 adlib-publication-2771 9ffa4411-057f-3857-866b-41bd9015f65f Fine European Ceramics and Glass, 8th July 1997 Cf. A greyish-white example on low base belonging to the London Borough of Newham, dated c. 1755. 84 reference publication-2842 adlib-publication-2842 e7ad7690-e595-3b11-86e7-09cf962c8dae Made at New Canton, Bow Porcelain from the Collection of the London Borough of Newham reference publication-3885 adlib-publication-3885 c9dd5580-277e-3bef-8584-e23b8f087d06 Klaber & Klaber, Rare Antique Porcelain & Enamels, Summer Catalogue 2003 p. 90-1, and p. 91, pl. 4.1 an example in the Folger Shakespeare Library Washington, with a figure of Henry Woodward. 87-105 reference publication-200002950 adlib-publication-200002950 c611b982-085b-3d03-a70e-bf7ad5f22567 Marketing Celebrity: Porcelain and Theatrical Display Cf. p. 95, a coloured example on a low base in the Bearsted Collection, Upton House, Warwickshire, accompanied by a coloured Henry Woodward; text on p. 94 and fig. 1 a view of the backs of the figures 94-5 reference publication-8407 adlib-publication-8407 c2ab7f09-de03-38d7-b05a-2d9deb284d12 Ceramics. 400 Years of British Collecting in 100 Masterpieces Cf. p. 79, lot 261 a Bow white figure of Kitty Clive, h. 25.3 cm. Estimate £1,500-2,000; fetched £3,500 79 reference publication-8842 adlib-publication-8842 b8042f69-5a81-3c5d-9a90-8ada79485a11 English & European Ceramics & Glass reference term-9010 adlib-term-9010 ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6 Rococo

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figure soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, and lead-glazed on the exterior, and on a small area of the interior of the skirt reference term-120085 adlib-term-120085 68c62b7c-aaf4-38a5-a1be-4d6c615c0714 press-moulding reference term-120062 adlib-term-120062 d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206 lead-glazing object OBJECT