15929841860001312637261000Standard Recordobject-42132170292701479417029084510001702926926419fitz-onlineadlib-object-42132https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/42132fcd823b8-04c5-3478-b00d-a55cc3970c0a9personreferenceagent-157716adlib-agent-157716b90548b0-21bf-3b81-ac11-38a2f83a0391Harlequinpersonreferenceagent-157689adlib-agent-157689720000bd-1cb2-379b-80b4-6054273102cdColumbinepersonreferenceagent-157736adlib-agent-157736a9b57e26-85fa-3fe2-9654-9beab8380b57Beltramereferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainblue, green, yellow, a little flesh-pink, red, pale greyish-brown, pale brown, dark brown, and blackreferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelspresumed leadreferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazereferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationin blue, green, yellow, a little flesh-pink, red, pale greyish-brown, pale brown, dark brown, and black enamelsreferenceterm-120086adlib-term-120086cdecca31-5ec3-3fe3-9e5d-455d9771fda5painting overglazereferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingreferenceterm-23557adlib-term-23557194aa9d9-b56f-3c7d-8624-28305a4d3af5arts/architectureApplied Artssoft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, and painted overglaze in polychrome enamels, and gilt.Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash (presumed), press-moulded, and painted over lead-glaze in blue, green, yellow, a little flesh-pink, red, pale greyish-brown, pale brown, dark brown, and black enamels, and gilt. The three-sided base is closed underneath and has a concave area at the front, and a large circular ventilation hole further back. The interior of the group and the central area of the base are glazed. Beltrame sits on a large green and brown mound with Columbine seated on his left knee. His right foot rests on Harlequin who reclines on the ground in front of them, lasciviously lifting Columbine's skirt a little with his left hand and peering beneath it.
Beltrame wears a black hat, a white shirt with a ruff; a white jacket with red and white striped sleeves, and gold trimming round the armholes and waist; breeches with red and white stripes at the top and yellow fabric at the bottom and a gold rosette at the knee; and black shoes with gold bows. Columbine wears a small yellow tricorn hat, a green bodice with blue lacing over a white stomacher, a flowered skirt, and yellow high-heeled shoes with white bows. Harle-quin has a long-sleeved, pale greyish-brown jacket with red collar and cuffs, and four gold flower-shaped buttons down the front; breeches with a red trellis diaper pattern; blue stockings, and black shoes with a red rosette on top.
The top of the base is green with applied green leaves, and flowers: a white, a yellow, a blue and three red and white.166referenceexhibition-1517adlib-exhibition-15179cda4842-9484-3d44-89b2-984a85309d59The English Ceramic Circle, 1927-1948: English Pottery and Porcelain. Commemorative catalogue of an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum167referenceexhibition-1518adlib-exhibition-1518e7a379c6-cbb5-3408-9508-e94b7a417758Bow PorcelainH1referenceexhibition-1070adlib-exhibition-10702cb713dc-899f-35df-9c15-515a05f38d48Plagiarism Personified? European Pottery and Porcelain Figures113referenceexhibition-201adlib-exhibition-20114c86d72-5b3b-32f3-85f5-cf71b1bb9878Treasures from the Fitzwilliam, "The Increase of Learning and other great Objects of that Noble Foundation"247referenceexhibition-1519adlib-exhibition-1519f003c25f-9d4b-3634-826e-712b272ffe3cCommedia dell'Arte Fest der KomödiantenC.80-19501accession numberC.80-195042132priref42132urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/42132https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/42132circular printed in black 'ENGLISH.CERAMIC.CIRCLE 1948' surrounding 'No.' and in black ink '166'printed in blackENGLISH.CERAMIC.CIRCLE 1948
No. 166labelrectangular stripinscribedOLD BOW GROUP AFTER MEISSEN/GROUP BY KAENDLER 'LIEBSGR(UPPE). MIT (HARLEKIN)'labelreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Mrs W.D. Dicksonreferenceagent-180712adlib-agent-180712855e3948-593a-3b3c-9d66-028df74284feDickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs195019501950givenEntry date: 1950-0917531753CE1753circa1753175511755CE17551755factoryreferenceagent-157665adlib-agent-157665b68c5501-4b5f-39e8-8048-c9b58de684e3Bow Porcelain Manufactoryaftermodellerreferenceagent-70199adlib-agent-701991a5ab113-688c-3728-9988-60f96aea73bcKändler, Johann JoachimFrom about 1750 Meissen figures were to be seen in London; and during the next few years porcelain table decorations became a feature of desserts at fashionable entertainments. The copis and adaptations wee mainly of single figures or pairs. Groups were attempted infrequently, probably because fewer seem to have been imported, and because they posed greater technical problems for inexperienced English modellers. The 'Indiscreet Harlequin' was based on a Meissen group (model number 344) modelled by J.J. Kaendler, about 1742, but not mentioned in his Taxa or work notes. Like many of his groups, it displays a sly sense of humour, rarely found in English groups. The Bow group differs from the Meissen model in minor details, such as the shape of the lover's hat. The pose of Columbine may have been inspired by an engraving of Columbine and Harlequin from Les Amours de Columbine by Petrus Schenck after drawings by Gérard-Joseph Xavery, and Harlequin's pose by that in Harlequin and the Blind Beggar, plate 32 of Gregorio Lambranzi, New and Eccentric School of Theatrical Dancing, 1716. See Documention, Chilton, 2001.referenceterm-106496adlib-term-106496bd563695-7339-3178-a8c4-25189907099318th Century, Mid#referenceterm-107736adlib-term-107736e93a8dd1-d76d-320b-be9b-afa352e322a1George IIreferenceterm-110490adlib-term-110490bb9026c5-22c6-3c07-8c4c-b6817acc50c4literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralEssexEssexregionStratford-le-Bowreferenceterm-110409adlib-term-1104092040047c-eefc-3538-8b3d-60185614825bliteralGermanyGermanycountryliteralSaxonySaxonyregionMeissenpresumed phosphatic, containg bone ashreferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainHeightcm19.5Widthcm17.9referencemedia-17330adlib-media-1733095ecae6f-de48-350a-96d1-bd5411b98cadjpegaa/aa19/C_80_1950.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels61017029266404921imagejpegaa/aa19/mid_C_80_1950.jpg1heightpixels623widthpixels50017029266404921imagejpegaa/aa19/C_80_1950.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels61017029266404921imagejpegaa/aa19/preview_C_80_1950.jpg1heightpixels311widthpixels25017029266404921image0media
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imagereferenceterm-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure grouphistory noteUnknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouthreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. p. 34, no. 166, and pl. 36. Lent by Mrs W.D. (Frances) Dicksonp. 34referencepublication-2680adlib-publication-268014e0ae9b-8225-3775-8207-77fecb766539The English Ceramic Circle, 1927-1948: English Pottery and Porcelain. Commemorative Catalogue of an Exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museumreferencepublication-1206adlib-publication-1206bf808e9c-786e-3606-8698-4440c479ffa5Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Annual Report for the Year ending 31 December 1950Publ. pl. 115, and see p. 172p. 172referencepublication-2615adlib-publication-261512dac179-7352-34cf-a17d-37cdcaefefb9English CeramicsPubl. p. 268, fig. 14p. 268referencepublication-200000891adlib-publication-200000891e9fedd6b-e4a2-3360-a28b-c8c4d8178dffCommedia dell'Arte in Glass and PorcelainPubl. p. 38, no. 167, dated c. 1753-55p. 38referencepublication-2688adlib-publication-26882634db86-6ad0-3838-a637-0970bac11a83Bow PorcelainPubl. p. 187, pl. 338p. 187referencepublication-2763adlib-publication-2763b00b4b20-9281-3cc4-a9f5-21a2be192a4cEuropean Porcelain of the 18th CenturyPubl. p. 50, H1p. 50referencepublication-992adlib-publication-992e26b9de8-5607-3d6e-82c1-bba7d8cb57c4Plagiarism Personified? European Pottery and Porcelain FiguresPubl. p. 111, no. 113p. 111referencepublication-1119adlib-publication-11198b3701d3-a6b9-3cdf-8f20-d50dda99c46cTreasures from the Fitzwilliam: ''The Increase of Learning and other great Objects of that Noble Foundation''Publ. p. 64, pl. 11, dated to c. 1753-4
Ref. This group is A13 in Bradshaw's list of Bow figures, see p. 89 A13, described as 'Indiscreet Arlecchino'. He identified the seated man as Mezzetino rather than Beltrame.p. 64referencepublication-2758adlib-publication-2758aae1cefe-a8f4-3d0e-b8c5-0b213fcd157bBow Porcelain Figures circa 1748-1774Publ. p. 239, no. 247p. 239referencepublication-2816adlib-publication-2816eb0b8cd2-ca2b-376e-b200-dbf8f2aa4fe5Commedia dell'Arte Fest der KomödiantenPubl. p. 36, pl. 2027-41referencepublication-200002919adlib-publication-200002919909b6fcd-2cb2-3800-96e4-a1802e982c66Meissen and England - the BaroqueCf. For the Meissen prototype, see pp. 268-9pp. 268-9referencepublication-2785adlib-publication-27857f04ba95-3e53-38f5-b5e9-9c4fa846be58German Porcelain of the 18th CenturyCf. pp. 306-7, no. 314, where further examples are citedpp. 306-7referencepublication-2817adlib-publication-281751022053-585a-37f9-b0cc-27c293475d64Messien: Steinzeug und Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts Kunstgewerbemuseum BerlinCf. An example of the Meissen model in the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, pl. 225, and text pp. 304-05, no. 93, where the Fitzwilliam's Bow model is mentioned with incorrect accession number (C.P.C.117, ceramic post card). Chilton138, 304-05referencepublication-3358adlib-publication-33585042dea7-7da1-33bd-bf21-fc37175f9c98Harlequin Unmasked, The Commedia dell' Arte and Porcelain SculptureCf. p. 60, lot 43. Estimate £3-5,00060referencepublication-5807adlib-publication-58075df760eb-f37d-3633-a0a7-3de44e4b03e7Fine British & European Ceramics & Glass including the Fritz & Mary Biemann Collectionreferenceterm-9010adlib-term-9010ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6Rococoreferenceterm-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure groupfigure groupsoft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, and painted overglaze in polychrome enamels, and giltreferenceterm-120085adlib-term-12008568c62b7c-aaf4-38a5-a1be-4d6c615c0714press-mouldingreferenceterm-27616adlib-term-2761661e6a95d-84c8-3893-b6c8-213392262987glazing (coating)The Indiscreet Harlequinobject
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