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Juno and a Peacock: C.3071-1928

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Titles

Juno and a Peacock

Maker(s)

Factory: Derby Porcelain Factory
William Duesbury & Co.

Entities

Categories

Description

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.

Notes

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

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Depth: 17.8 cm
Height: 36.5 cm
Width: 18 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Derby ⪼ Derbyshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1765

School or Style

Rococo

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( blue, turquoise, green, yellow, pink, flesh, red, pale and dark purple, two shades of brown, and bluish-grey) gold

Materials used in production

presumed lead Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

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 or legends present

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

  • Text: 4501/Large Chelsea [crossed out and 'Derby' written in blue-black ink in another hand]/statuette of/Juno on a/circular scrolled/base with a/peacock by her/side/b. in Bourne/mouth/Feb 15.1920
  • Location: Stuck onto the underside of base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in faded ink, probably blue-black
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.3071-1928
Primary reference Number: 43383
Old object number: 4501
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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