1592964562000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-42177 1755194537993 1714398740000 1755194515997 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-42177 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/42177 2cae8689-7057-3578-8947-14802c828bc5 6 person reference agent-152793 adlib-agent-152793 421fe995-2ec2-3899-b254-6acc614b69a2 Urania reference term-37637 adlib-term-37637 89b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecb soft-paste porcelain blue, pale lime green, pale yellow, dark pink, orange-red, pale brown, and mid-brown reference term-107563 adlib-term-107563 38dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ff enamels presumed lead reference term-107733 adlib-term-107733 00160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4 lead-glaze reference term-39593 adlib-term-39593 e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312d gold Decoration in blue, pale lime green, pale yellow, dark pink, orange-red, pale brown, and mid-brown enamels reference term-120086 adlib-term-120086 cdecca31-5ec3-3fe3-9e5d-455d9771fda5 painting overglaze reference term-28681 adlib-term-28681 c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559 gilding reference term-1111 adlib-term-1111 46c949dd-f376-3538-878f-397baee5be09 mythology Applied Arts Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of The Muse Urania or Astronomy, press-moulded, glazed, and painted overglaze in polychrome enamels, and gilt. Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of The Muse Urania or Astronomy, press-moulded, glazed, and painted over lead-glaze in blue, pale lime green, pale yellow, dark pink, orange-red, pale brown, and mid-brown enamels, and gilt. The shallow, square base has an unglazed underside with a large oval ventilation hole in the middle. 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. She wears a yellow veil, a white, long-sleeved robe with blue cuffs, and gold border round the hem, a gold belt, and a dark pink shawl with the ends crossed around her neck and the wider part draped behind her. The top of the base and the pedestal are pale lime green, and the draped cloth, pale brown. The dividers are gilt. C.82-1950 1 accession number C.82-1950 42177 priref 42177 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/42177 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/42177 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Mrs W.d. Dickson reference agent-180712 adlib-agent-180712 855e3948-593a-3b3c-9d66-028df74284fe Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs 1950 1950 1950 given Entry date: 1950-09 1750 1750 1750 circa 1750 1755 1 1755 1755 1755 factory reference agent-157665 adlib-agent-157665 b68c5501-4b5f-39e8-8048-c9b58de684e3 Bow Porcelain Manufactory modeller reference agent-160641 adlib-agent-160641 83549056-47b9-397a-966b-13e8e1a8dc0c The Muses Modeller 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-107139 adlib-term-107139 9fd5ef13-3709-388f-b925-702787340e32 literal England England country England presumed phosphatic, containing bone ash reference term-37637 adlib-term-37637 89b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecb soft-paste porcelain Height cm 15.9 Width cm 8 reference term-107454 adlib-term-107454 6ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20 figure history note Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth 1 reference object-41590 adlib-object-41590 928c2eba-bf7e-389a-b04c-804b66750187

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figure reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Ref. The distinctive style of modelling and painting of the features of the Muses has given their name to their modeller, for whose work, see p. 88 p. 88 reference publication-200000892 adlib-publication-200000892 a4eec1b5-ac37-39e0-bf4c-4b7a678d331d Some Early Bow Muses Ref. For a discussion on the modeller, pp. 87-9 (Thalia had not yet been discovered) pp. 87-9 reference publication-2714 adlib-publication-2714 17f1e6d7-5774-3881-a2ae-c2350391ddbb English Porcelain Figures of the Eighteenth Century Ref. For a discussion on the modeller, see p. 137, pp. 137-42; 2nd edition, 1991, pp. 127-35 Cf. An enamelled example at Castle Howard, Yorkshire, see p. 137, pl. 62, dated to 1747-50. See 2nd edition, p. 128, pl. 62, dated c. 1748-50. pp. 137-42 reference publication-2688 adlib-publication-2688 2634db86-6ad0-3838-a637-0970bac11a83 Bow Porcelain Ref. Urania is A33, and the other Muses in alphabetical order A25-32 in Bradshaw's list of Bow figures, see p. 90, A33, and A25-32. The others are illustrated on p. 69, pl. 22, Clio, pl. 23, Erato, and p. 70, pl. 24 Euterpe, pl. 25 Polyhymnia, and pl. 26 Thalia Cf. An enamelled example in the author's collection, see colour pl. I, right, and see also p. 70, pl. 27 pp. 70, 90 reference publication-2758 adlib-publication-2758 aae1cefe-a8f4-3d0e-b8c5-0b213fcd157b Bow Porcelain Figures circa 1748-1774 Cf. A white example, C.3039-1928, Vol. I, p. 385, no. 3039, II, pl. 245D. p. 385 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 Cf. An enamelled example, see p. 129, no. 200, and colour pl. VIII. Dated c. 1750-2. p. 129 reference publication-2678 adlib-publication-2678 d747a7ce-aa62-3337-b66f-befcaea7a0d9 Bow Porcelain: The Collection formed by Geoffrey Freeman Cf. Five white Muses, including Urania, in the Yarborough collection, see p. 76. These were acquired singly over a period of about twenty years. p. 76 reference publication-2761 adlib-publication-2761 3388becd-0e43-3a5d-87ae-2b0d22ec610f Bow Porcelain and the London Theatre: vivitur ingenio Cf. p. 20, lot 23, a coloured example, the one illustrated in Bradshaw (1992) colour pl. 1 and p. 70, pl. 27. 20 reference publication-5889 adlib-publication-5889 43650803-df2e-39d5-a8de-27a32a2309be The Dr. Peter Bradshaw Collection of English Porcelain Figures Ref. pp. 569-72, and p. 569, pl. 1, the Yarborough white example mentioned above with the rest of his set. 569 reference publication-200002230 adlib-publication-200002230 bb2a9227-b1f6-3e76-b01c-23bb01200398 The Missing Muse reference term-9010 adlib-term-9010 ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6 Rococo object name reference term-107537 adlib-term-107537 b635f61a-95cf-3932-931c-104968b37bcd Globe literal Globe Globe

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