Juno and a Peacock
Factory:
Derby Porcelain Factory
William Duesbury & Co.
Soft-paste porcelain figure of Juno standing with a peacock beside her, painted in enamels, and gilded
Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, lead-glazed, and painted in a little blue, turquoise, green, yellow, pink, flesh, red, pale and dark purple, two shades of brown, and bluish-grey enamels, and gilded. The unglazed underside has a large circular ventilation hole in the middle, and three patch-marks.
History note: Geneen, in the old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, from whom purchased for £33 10s. on 15 February, 1920 by dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 17.8 cm
Height: 36.5 cm
Width: 18 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1765
Decoration composed of enamels ( blue, turquoise, green, yellow, pink, flesh, red, pale and dark purple, two shades of brown, and bluish-grey) gold
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Slip-casting
: Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, lead-glazed, and painted in a little blue, turquoise, green, yellow, pink, flesh, red, pale and dark purple, two shades of brown, and bluish-grey enamels, and gilded. The unglazed underside has a large circular ventilation hole in the middle, and three patch-marks.
Lead-glazing
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with cut corners and printed blue line border, inscribed in Dr Glaisher's hand in faded ink, with an correction in blue-black ink
Accession number: C.3071-1928
Primary reference Number: 43383
Old object number: 4501
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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