15929995590001312637261000Standard Recordobject-71474169808400853715948506280001698084006606fitz-onlineadlib-object-71474https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/714749a538948-9443-359e-b1cf-29a7b19edd875personreferenceagent-153977adlib-agent-1539771365d7a0-fb6a-30d6-9e06-1ef7234bf1cbProdigal Sonreferenceterm-108657adlib-term-108657c170cd8e-fc63-3446-81a4-6682b5979808lead-glazed earthenwarereferenceterm-42868adlib-term-4286812e3067e-2626-36c9-9d36-870f776c981fcreamwarereferenceterm-113184adlib-term-11318425fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043J. W. L. GlaisherApplied ArtsLead-glazed creamware painted in enamels with scene from the parable of the Prodigal Son.Pale cream-coloured earthenware covered in a clear lead-glaze and painted overglaze with coloured enamels. The plate has a six-lobed wavy rim with a double moulded line around the edge. Each lobe is painted with red, yellow and blue bands around the edge and yellow scrolls, green leaves and a red cross in the centre. On the right in the scene in the middle of the plate is the Prodigal Son leaning over a table to embrace a woman with bare breasts, who strokes his chin with one hand and holds a wine glass in the other. At the other end of the table sits another bare-breasted woman and a woman in a red dress with a wine glass. On the table is a large ham and in front of it is a bottle labelled ‘SHERRY’. In the background are arches and columns covered in wavy red lines to create a marble effect. Beneath the scene is the title: ‘GAΫ LIFE’. Marked on base with impressed lozenge.C.1184C-19281accession numberC.1184C-192871474priref71474old catalogue number4610(2)urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71474https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71474below image in centre of platepainted overglaze in black enamelGAΫ LIFEinscriptionon bottle in foregroundpainted overglaze in black enamelSHERRYinscriptionlozengeon baseimpressedmarkcircular, stick-on paper label with border printed in black with ‘J. W. L. GLAISHER COLLECTION’on basehandwritten in black ink4610(2)labelrectangle of white paperlooseprinted in blackPlate from a set of Prodigal Son plates. English, c.1770-80, painted at Delft or elsewhere in the Netherlands. Creamware painted in enamels. Mark: a lozenge impressed. Dr. J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest. C1184C-1928labelreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumDr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequestreferenceagent-152564adlib-agent-152564c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr192819281928-12-07bequeathedEntry date: 1928-12-07factoryreferenceagent-188632adlib-agent-188632b379bf0c-f1b7-35d3-89f0-cbc229ee14ffUnidentified Potterydecoratorreferenceagent-189044adlib-agent-18904480b1cbe2-0d87-3481-93fc-cd42e679cb8aunidentified enamellerAlthough the plate itself is of English manufacture, the overglaze painted decoration is thought to be Dutch. The Prodigal Son scenes on the plates are a common motif on Dutch decorated English creamware, often appearing with Dutch captions rather than the English ones. Some of scenes from this set of plates appear with different English captions on three stylistically comparable plates in the Metropolitan Museum in New York (1971.180.199-201).The lozenge mark on the plate is listed in Godden’s ‘Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks’ as being a workman’s mark used at the Swansea pottery c.1800-10 but Donald Towner suggests it also appears on 18th-century creamware, sometimes in conjunction with Wedgwood marks.This plate belongs to a set of six (C.1184-1928 - C.1184E-1928) which illustrates the parable of the Prodigal Son. The scenes on the plates are derived from Richard Purcell’s prints, published in London in that early 1750s, after a series of paintings of the Prodigal Son by the French artist Sebastien le Clerc. This scene on this plate is from the middle of the parable: it shows the Prodigal Son squandering his wealth on worldly pleasures.clearreferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazecream-colouredreferenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwarereferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsDiametercm25.1Heightcm2.7referencemedia-34833adlib-media-34833ea544b23-8991-3983-a639-92b794c3638cjpegaa/aa2/C_1184C__1928.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162839108281imagejpegaa/aa2/mid_C_1184C__1928.jpg1heightpixels362widthpixels50016162839108281imagejpegaa/aa2/C_1184C__1928.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162839108281imagejpegaa/aa2/preview_C_1184C__1928.jpg1heightpixels181widthpixels25016162839108281image0media
imagereferenceterm-34935adlib-term-34935b6750733-fe79-33fc-b39a-c296fcd223b4platehistory noteprovenance unidentified before Mr Stoner, London, who sold as part of set of six plates (C.1184-1928 – C.1184E-1928) for £26 on 13 January 1919 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge1part of setreferenceobject-71471adlib-object-714719bd5af49-46cc-3121-8582-0dc8861af8461reference1term-34935adlib-term-34935b6750733-fe79-33fc-b39a-c296fcd223b4plateplate1part of setreferenceobject-71472adlib-object-71472dbe755fc-0cdf-30a9-827b-36dd2e7252311reference1term-34935adlib-term-34935b6750733-fe79-33fc-b39a-c296fcd223b4plateplate1part of setreferenceobject-71475adlib-object-714757cf53a46-18c1-3430-9478-f9a7ed87f5f71reference1term-34935adlib-term-34935b6750733-fe79-33fc-b39a-c296fcd223b4plateplate1part of setreferenceobject-71476adlib-object-7147665217b41-c234-3759-b1db-5ec842a368301reference1term-34935adlib-term-34935b6750733-fe79-33fc-b39a-c296fcd223b4plateplate1part of setreferenceobject-71473adlib-object-7147340fdd95f-caa0-392f-b868-6659e1dc216a1reference1term-34935adlib-term-34935b6750733-fe79-33fc-b39a-c296fcd223b4plateplatereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Vol. I, p.152, no. 1184C152referencepublication-1031adlib-publication-1031a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55edCatalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgePubl. p.223 - discussion of the set in the Fitzwilliam Museum; links with comparable set in Metropolitan Museum in New York223referencepublication-200002910adlib-publication-2000029106369758a-4904-3c82-a039-b8b394286db3Collections of Dutch decorated English Creamwarereferencepublication-200002911adlib-publication-200002911c185952b-502d-3ccc-b841-a4080997f21aDutch Decorated English Creamware: Fact and Fictionreferencepublication-200002912adlib-publication-2000029124b524b10-0177-3562-b0ad-d88ddb576981Dutch Decorated English Creamware: Chronology and StyleRef. p.269 - discussion of 'Prodigal Son' Dutch decorated English Creamware269referencepublication-200002913adlib-publication-2000029138ccfe39b-c60e-338b-96ae-313bcb0c424dDutch Decorated English CreamwareRef. p.224-5 - information about impressed lozenge mark on creamware224-5referencepublication-1038adlib-publication-103893f800bb-4699-3a5f-8f7f-7ac034a71282CreamwareRef. p.605 - links lozenge mark with Swansea605referencepublication-2663adlib-publication-2663a2faf0b6-febd-3d16-82e0-6444a2dc48e7Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marksreferenceterm-34935adlib-term-34935b6750733-fe79-33fc-b39a-c296fcd223b4plateplatepress-moulded cream-coloured earthenware covered in a clear lead-glaze and painted overglaze in coloured enamelsreferenceterm-120085adlib-term-12008568c62b7c-aaf4-38a5-a1be-4d6c615c0714press-mouldingin coloured enamelsreferenceterm-120086adlib-term-120086cdecca31-5ec3-3fe3-9e5d-455d9771fda5painting overglazereferenceterm-120062adlib-term-120062d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206lead-glazingThe Prodigal Son (Gay Life)object
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