1592996598000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-71188 1755194540482 1714466021000 1755194515997 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-71188 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71188 245e21c1-21e7-34b2-9137-78e50f4517f1 7 reference agent-188293 adlib-agent-188293 b3ee073a-15a5-393e-9732-7189d5b56784 Dundas, Deans, Sir person reference agent-188292 adlib-agent-188292 b1608435-9b8e-3496-8ea0-2120355d736b Napier, Charles, Admiral, Sir reference term-108657 adlib-term-108657 c170cd8e-fc63-3446-81a4-6682b5979808 lead-glazed earthenware reference term-113184 adlib-term-113184 25fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043 J. W. L. Glaisher black, brown, grey, red and flesh-pink reference term-107563 adlib-term-107563 38dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ff enamels reference term-39593 adlib-term-39593 e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312d gold Decoration reference term-98112 adlib-term-98112 32d115a4-d3ac-33b0-b126-2a3da0fdf139 portrait Applied Arts White earthenware figure moulded in three parts and pearlware glazed. Painted with black, brown, grey, red and flesh-pink enamels, and gilt. 2011 2011 2011-11-01 Sir Charles Napier stands at ease. The figure is mainly white, with features picked out in enamels and gilt. He wears naval uniform, with two medals, epaulets, sash, belt and buttons, all moulded and painted in gilt and brown. He carries a black hat in his right hand; his left holds a cloak, which drapes towards his foot. He carries a sword, with brown hilt and grey scabbard with black bands. He wears side whiskers, and his eyebrows are finely painted. The oval-to-egg shaped base is rounded to the top. A gilt line runs across its front, which also bears a ribbon with the name ' C. NAPIER' in relief, gilt capitals. The underside is concave and glazed. The back of the upper body and the right leg are moulded, with a round vent hole 11cm from the bottom. C.1025-1928 1 accession number C.1025-1928 71188 priref 71188 Glaisher MS catalogue, Volume: ? old object number R5115 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71188 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71188 A gilt line runs across the front of the base, which also bears a ribbon with the name ‘C. NAPIER’ , in relief, gilt capitals ribbon on front of base moulding and painting C NAPIER title reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest reference agent-152564 adlib-agent-152564 c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7 Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr 1928 1928 1928 bequeathed Entry date: 1928-12-07 1854 1854 1854 circa 1854 1856 1 1856 1856 circa 1856 production reference agent-187914 adlib-agent-187914 3ff8e302-3ac3-3560-9a60-800ee4445118 Unidentified factory A similar figure, but with slightly different moulding and with a cannon and shot beside Napier’s feet, has been found incised ‘John Carr, 1857’ (Pugh p.339). It is likely the name refers to a modeller, as there is no Carr factory known to have operated in the area at this time. Admiral Sir Charles John Napier (1786-1860) commanded the Baltic Fleet in the Crimean War (1854-56), but after a quarrel with the First Lord of the Admiralty, was replaced by Sir James Deans Dundas. The pairing of this figure with a similarly moulded figure of Dundas suggests that both were made at around this time. Later, as a Member of Parliament, Napier campaigned for the proper training of officers, decent living conditions for seamen and for the abolition of flogging and the press gang. Rackham (1935) lists this figure as of a type made chiefly by Sampson Smith at Longton, a factory listed in contemporary directories as a ‘manufacturer of figures in great variety’, which began around 1851 and continued to make figures in quantity into the early part of the twentieth century. But Sampson Smith figures were rarely marked, and typically have a flat back and plain oval base. Meanwhile there were many other, often smaller, manufacturers of figures working in Staffordshire at this time. The source of this figure may be an engraving in Cassells Illustrated Family Paper, 7 October, 1854, which shows Napier, with Sir Edmund Lyons and Sir James Deans Dundas, in front of a naval group. Sir Charles Napier was a popular hero of the time. The figure was made in several variations, by different manufacturers, and there were also similarly moulded medals. reference term-109672 adlib-term-109672 a788e98b-c8a4-313c-9617-1a812228e864 19th Century, Mid reference term-120127 adlib-term-120127 ee2ddbd4-503c-30f5-8cf9-3c2d121bd315 Victoria I reference term-107658 adlib-term-107658 824d3ecf-92c1-33aa-8d45-2f0239317270 literal England England country Staffordshire reference term-107611 adlib-term-107611 790e5a19-a186-34d5-a16e-2d8dff9f6247 white earthenware reference term-107733 adlib-term-107733 00160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4 lead-glaze Depth cm 5.4 Depth in 2.125 Height cm 24.25 Height in 9.5 Width cm 10.2 Width in 4 reference media-34055 adlib-media-34055 810e5c61-1dfb-336c-85a1-1c6d0401883e jpeg aa/aa2/C_1025_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1702926325827 1 image jpeg aa/aa2/mid_C_1025_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 649 width pixels 500 1702926325827 1 image jpeg aa/aa2/C_1025_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1702926325827 1 image jpeg aa/aa2/preview_C_1025_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 325 width pixels 250 1702926325827 1 image 0 media image reference media-34056 adlib-media-34056 57664bc4-2d79-386e-be03-17bafe666637 jpeg aa/aa2/C_1025_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1702926516283 1 image jpeg aa/aa2/mid_C_1025_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 649 width pixels 500 1702926516283 1 image jpeg aa/aa2/C_1025_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1702926516283 1 image jpeg aa/aa2/preview_C_1025_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 325 width pixels 250 1702926516283 1 image 1 media image reference term-107454 adlib-term-107454 6ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20 figure object name reference term-130674 adlib-term-130674 2728ba11-801b-318a-8f24-c6f4b99f08e3 Victorian Staffordshire figure category reference term-130678 adlib-term-130678 c683fbc6-ba3a-3ab1-b2f5-41493ff3588d flat-backed figure category history note [not stated in Rackham] reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Publ. Vol. I, p.132, no. 1025 132 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. Plate C42, Fig.104: a similarly moulded figure, but not quite the same (eg the sash is curved, the hair fuller); also 36.75cm (14 ½ in) high, and with additional enamels to jacket, trimmings, cloak and ground. Figs. 101-102 and 105 also show similar figures of Sir Charles with variations; Fig. 102 is shown as a companion to ‘SIR DEANS DUNDAS’. 272 reference publication-3585 adlib-publication-3585 784308ef-9535-3132-970c-45af8a273a64 Staffordshire Portrait Figures and Allied Subjects of the Victorian Era Cf. Fig.214: the same figure, but 12 ½ in high and with additional enamels, including blue coat, pink cloak, green belt and orange epaulets, standing on green/brown ground. Harding also shows, Figs. 211P-215, figures of Napier in a variety of other standing poses, sometimes with a cannon or holding a telescope, or as a companion figure to ‘SIR DEANS DUNDAS’ (Fig.127). Harding also shows (Fig.216), a figure of Field Marshal Robert Cornelius Napier, standing by his horse, a companion piece to a similar figure of Garibaldi. 91 reference publication-7227 adlib-publication-7227 6dc55e19-7dee-3713-a8a4-c81f86e35351 Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875, Book One: portraits, naval & military, theatrical & literary characters Cf. a coloured version p.55 reference publication-8448 adlib-publication-8448 4ef2e26f-cb4d-3b92-9c93-840dff116ed8 A Potted History: Henry Willett's Ceramic Chronicle of Britain Cf. a similar figure with small variations in the moulding (eg angle of hat) and additional enamels to coat, epaulets, cloak and ground. 11 reference publication-7216 adlib-publication-7216 ae90609c-35b0-3a71-843a-73dea97c1dec Staffordshire Figures Cf. Fig.47: a similar figure standing with a cannon, paired with a companion figure of Sir James Deans Dundas. Also, Fig.48, an engraving from Cassells Illustrated Family Paper, 7 October, 1854, showing Napier in similar dress and pose (though not identical), in front of a group of people with Sir E. Lyons and Sir James Deans Dundas. 36 reference publication-7214 adlib-publication-7214 5837e427-2875-313b-a414-8210d452c972 The Victorian Staffordshire Figure reference publication-7217 adlib-publication-7217 c1860f2b-473e-3562-a129-4344ff68ed22 Staffordshire Portrait Figures reference term-15214 adlib-term-15214 744af2c4-a2f2-37ad-bbf4-2cd00e91ed9b Victorian reference term-108082 adlib-term-108082 1c5310ee-4d1a-3a9a-98b3-45edd40b2c0e Crimean War

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