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Bust of a Woman
Pottery: unidentified London pottery (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, turquoise-green, yellow, and manganese-purple; inscribed 16 T/I.M 88 on the sides of the socle
Buff earthenware, press-moulded and hollow inside, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, turquoise-green, yellow, and manganese-purple. There is a glazed hole in the top of the head. The woman faces front, supported on a socle, which is closed underneath. Her features are delineated in blue, and her blue hair is drawn back into a chignon. She wears a manganese-purple necklace tied with a bow at the back, and a loose yellow and turquoise-green gown with a V neckline. The socle is inscribed 16 B/IxM 88 in blue on the sides, and has a border of foliage.
History note: Symonds of Hanway Street, London; sold to Mr Stoner, from whom purchased on 15 May, 1913 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 25 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
James II
William III and Mary II
Production date:
dated
AD 1688
Probably made in London
This rare delftware bust was presumably made as a substitute for an expensive marble bust, but could have been based on a print. It is impossible to say if it was intended to be a specific woman. Delftware is not an ideal medium for sculpture because the glaze obscures the modelling and the painted details tend to run, as they have here, giving the woman a rather melancholy expression.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue, turquoise green, yellow, manganese-purple)
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Press-moulding
: Buff earthenware, press-moulded, and hollow inside, tin-glazed and painted in blue, turquoise-green, yellow and manganese-purple; the glaze has been wiped off the foot rim; there is a glazed hole in the top of the head
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.1444-1928
Primary reference Number: 72013
Old object number: 3657
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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