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Gallant Dancing
Factory: Derby Porcelain Factory
Bone china, slip cast, painted overglaze in enamels and gilt
Bone china, slip-cast, with applied net, glazed, and painted in blue, turquoise, green, yellow, orange, pink, red, pale lilac, grey and black enamels, and gilt. The underside is unglazed except for a small area near the middle, where there is a small round ventilation hole. The base has a shaped edge decorated with scrolls and a rocaille shell at centre front, and at the back has a tree stump with short flowering branches projecting on each side. The gallant steps forward on his right leg, and is supported by the tree against his left leg. His head and body are inclined slightly to his right; his left arm hangs down behind him, his right is bent at the elbow and his right index finger is pointing towards himself. He has almost black hair tied back in a queue with a black ribbon, grey eyebrows, blue eyes, pink cheeks and a red mouth. He wears a ring on each hand, a shirt with ruffles, a pale lilac coat with a turquoise lining, gold buttons and trimmings; a white waistcoat scattered with blue flower heads, and with a border of red foliage; white breeches with stripes of puce flower heads and leaves; white stockings, and black shoes with gold buckles. His black, broad-brimmed hat, trimmed with a blue ribbon, lies on the ground behind him. The tree stump is unevenly coloured dark grey, and flowers on either side of it are yellow and orange, blue and yellow, and pink and yellow. The scrolls on the base are picked out in gold, and the rocaille shell motif at the front is partly pink.
History note: Given to Dr Glaisher by Mrs Dickson at Bournemouth on 3 November 1916 (probably for his birthday on 5 November).
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 18.4 cm
Width: 9.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid#
Bloor Period
Production date:
circa
AD 1840
Decoration composed of enamels ( blue, turquoise, green, yellow, orange, pink, red, pale lilac, grey and black) net gold
Slip-casting
: Bone china
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: No with small raised o
Accession number: C.3082B-1928
Primary reference Number: 43446
Old object number: 4508
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Gallant Dancing" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/43446 Accessed: 2024-04-26 03:46:50
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Accession Number: GR.1.1969
Accession Number: GR.17.1864
Accession Number: GR.85a.1937
Accession Number: PD.145-1948
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