15929841860001312637261000Standard Recordobject-42723170292708533715027954910001702926901588fitz-onlineadlib-object-42723https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/427232e609fe1-d566-30b9-a42e-4f735a70876f4personreferenceagent-92531adlib-agent-9253167ac3ed6-5ef3-3fd8-ad26-a0e364c7cb14Milton, Johnreferenceterm-37633adlib-term-3763343c6b916-951a-36c6-a4a7-7342c900a6d7bone chinareferenceterm-113183adlib-term-113183d0b2833e-0e65-3606-934e-193dc9d8511dRalph Griffingreen, yellow, pink, flesh, red, purple, brownreferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationin green, yellow, pink, flesh, red, purple, brown, enamelsreferenceterm-120086adlib-term-120086cdecca31-5ec3-3fe3-9e5d-455d9771fda5painting overglazereferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingDepthcm7.6Widthcm11Basereferenceterm-98112adlib-term-9811232d115a4-d3ac-33b0-b126-2a3da0fdf139portraitApplied ArtsBone china figure of John Milton standing beside a pedestal painted in enamels and gildedBone china (?) figure of John Milton, slip-cast, lead-glazed, and painted in green, yellow, pink, flesh, red, purple, brown, enamels and gilt. The unglazed underside has a large central ventialation hole through the glazed interior can be seen. The rectangular base has cut corners and fluted sides, with gold lines on the upper and lower edges. Milton stands on the left, with his left leg forward, leaning on his left elbow on a pile of three books resting on a semi-circular pedestal decorated in relief with the Expulsion from Paradise. He holds his cloak around him with his right hand, and in his left holds a scroll. He has long wavy brown hair, brown eyebrows, ruddy cheeks and a red mouth. He wears a close-fitting jacket with gold decoration down the front, and gold buttons; breeches with gold buttons and a band at the knee, and shoes with gold bows. His long cloak has a pink lining and gold edges. The pedestal has three gold lines round the top and one round the bottom. The books are red and yellow, purple, and dark green and gold. The scroll is inscribed indistinctly in gold capital letters:C.49B-19181accession numberC.49B-191842723priref42723urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/42723https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/42723a circular medallion with a crown in the centre and 'BLOOR/ DERBY' around it between concentric circleson underside of basestamped in redBLOOR/DERBYmarkLarge script N in No. The 1 some distance awayon underside of baseincisedNo 297 and 1markreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSAreferenceagent-151196adlib-agent-15119670c394ca-7483-3017-9867-b0191829b8bfGriffin, Ralph, MA, FSA191819181918-08-28given18251825CE1825circa1825182811828CE18281828factoryreferenceagent-35888adlib-agent-358880244b335-51c5-3535-a626-9ed7f3d33894Derby Porcelain Factoryproprietorreferenceagent-161407adlib-agent-161407dbe2e33a-82b9-3f34-9278-afd1dc5c7c03Robert Bloor & Co.possibly aftersculptorreferenceagent-122067adlib-agent-1220670623380f-4478-3054-9ebb-7572857538edScheemakers, Peterprobably aftersculptorreferenceagent-26209adlib-agent-26209275fe03b-383a-3f79-b9e2-5cbd6508548eCheere, JohnThis is a late example of a figure which was made on a low scrolled base in the late 1750s,and later on a rectangular base with cut corners and fluted sides. The model for Milton may have been derived from a terracotta by Peter Scheemakers, now lost, but known from his sale catalogue of 8 May 1756, in which it was lot 23. Alternatively it may be an original composition by John Cheere, by whom there is a 20" high bronzed plaster dated 1749, at York City Art Gallery. See Documentation, Friedman (1974) and Lippert (1987) Bone china replaced soft-paste porcelain at Derby at an unknown date between 1810-15, initially for useful wares.referenceterm-106853adlib-term-10685325492eb4-1164-35eb-8dce-3601486f341519th Centuryreferenceterm-108976adlib-term-108976dc8f08bb-8cb5-3af0-a884-9780ec8d0e12George IVreferenceterm-110521adlib-term-110521b57fb046-bca3-3371-a721-2093adc3a282literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralDerbyshireDerbyshireregionDerbypresumed lead-glazereferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazeprobablyreferenceterm-37633adlib-term-3763343c6b916-951a-36c6-a4a7-7342c900a6d7bone chinaHeightcm25.5Widthcm14referenceterm-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurehistory noteUncertain before donor, Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA (St John's College, Cambridge)1referenceobject-42720adlib-object-4272004e69683-2a36-37a5-9f2e-fdae117615441reference1term-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurefigure1referenceobject-75104adlib-object-7510461d200d5-38de-3fc2-8b51-2e58cfe15b3a1reference1term-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurefigurereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumRef. p. 176, this model was included in Haslem's 'Price List of Groups and Single Figures', no. 297.176referencepublication-2850adlib-publication-2850d5dcd4d0-9032-35ca-b870-c7d2cb1b5ca6The Old Derby China FactoryRef. The Derby and Chelsea sale Catalogue of 29 March - 1 April 1773 mentioned 'A pair of figures, Shakespeare and Milton, enamelled and ornamented with gold 3l. 2s.', see Appendix, p. 45.p. 45referencepublication-2576adlib-publication-2576870654a9-2aff-3144-bcc3-8758472e4399Contributions towards the History of Early English Porcelain from Contemporary SourcesRef. For a reproduction of the mark, which according to Bradshaw, 1990, was introduced in 1825, see p. 114, no. 23p. 114referencepublication-2847adlib-publication-2847632612a3-b59c-3d9f-934c-2ab43b83b78bDerby Porcelain 1750-1848Cf. For the first model, see p. 67, D 13. For an earlier enamelled example on rectangular base, accompanied by Shakespeare, see pp. 345-6, no. 297, and pl. 288 (Sotheby's).
According to Bradshaw, p. 408 although Robert Bloor had owned the factory since 1815, it was until 1825, according to that the printed mark on this figure was introduced.pp. 67, 408referencepublication-2845adlib-publication-2845aed83438-5cba-3d3d-914c-0603afed5d46Derby Porcelain Figures 1750-1848Ref. p. 202, no. 1259, a reproduction of the markp. 202referencepublication-2663adlib-publication-2663a2faf0b6-febd-3d16-82e0-6444a2dc48e7Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marksreferencepublication-2714adlib-publication-271417f1e6d7-5774-3881-a2ae-c2350391ddbbEnglish Porcelain Figures of the Eighteenth Centuryreferencepublication-2789adlib-publication-27892a3de0a1-d4d4-36b0-9676-6aee72a4b65cThe Man at Hyde Park Corner, Sculpture by John Cheere 1709-1787Cf. A large earthenware model of Milton (C.44-1928), attributed to Enoch Wood or Wood and Caldwell, see p. 26, C9.p. 26referencepublication-992adlib-publication-992e26b9de8-5607-3d6e-82c1-bba7d8cb57c4Plagiarism Personified? European Pottery and Porcelain FiguresCf. pp. 136-8, no. 27, an earlier example dated c. 1765-1770. Lippert discusses the probably prototype for the model.pp. 136-8referencepublication-2609adlib-publication-260924853083-2c1a-3ead-ab5d-550c2b3f35fcEighteenth-Century English Porcelain in the Collection of the Indianapolis Museum of ArtCf. p. 40, pl. 3a, a pair of figures of Shakespeare and Milton, dating to c. 1810. Private collection. These are from the Duesbury & Kean period, and the author notes that they illustrate the restrained use of colour after Duesbury’s death (which was in 1796).36-44referencepublication-200003148adlib-publication-2000031485fc44348-a524-3747-93b7-779b38b8e284Derby Porcelain Figures the first hundred years c. 1748-1848referenceterm-9010adlib-term-9010ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6Rococonamed eventreferenceterm-113751adlib-term-1137513b5a8e22-d1c1-3cf4-a733-19d71a3132c2Expulsion from ParadiseliteralExpulsion from ParadiseExpulsion from Paradisereferenceterm-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurefigurebone china (?), slip-cast, lead-glazed, and painted in green, yellow, pink, flesh, red, purple, brown, enamels and gilt. The unglazed underside has a large central ventialation hole through the glazed interior can be seen.referenceterm-120096adlib-term-1200967cc05306-f07e-3189-849f-52addb9e2ca7slip-castingreferenceterm-27616adlib-term-2761661e6a95d-84c8-3893-b6c8-213392262987glazing (coating)John Milton (1608-74)object
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