The Muse Urania or Astronomy
Bow Porcelain Manufactory
(Factory)
'The Muses Modeller'
(Modeller)
Soft-paste porcelain figure of the Muse Urania or Astronomy.
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, and covered on the visible surfaces with clear lead-glaze with black speckles. The approximately square base is unglazed underneath and has a central oval ventilation hole. The Muse stands beside a pedestal draped with a cloth on which is a globe which she supports with her right hand. She leans towards the globe and with her left hand holds a pair of dividers over it (missing) She wears a veil, a long robe with cuffs to the sleeves, and a drape.
History note: Purchased from Mr Palmer's shop in Bath on 30 May 1919 for £1 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher
Bequeathed by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher
Height: 15.4 cm
Width: 7.4 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Mid-18th Century
George II
Circa
1750
-
1753
presumed lead Lead-glaze presumed phosphatic Soft-paste porcelain
Press-moulding : Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, and covered on the visible surfaces with clear lead-glaze with black speckles
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.3039-1928
Primary reference Number: 41590
Old object number: 4215
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"The Muse Urania or Astronomy"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/41590 Accessed: 2022-06-30 05:38:41
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
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|title=The Muse Urania or Astronomy
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2022-06-30 05:38:41|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
Accession Number: C.17-1911
Accession Number: GR.2.2011
Accession Number: 3236
Accession Number: Loan Ant.103.25
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