Current Location: In storage
Titles
A Washerwoman
Maker(s)
Production:
Niderviller Faïence Factory
(Possibly)
Production:
Les Islettes
(Possibly)
Modeller:
Cyfflé, Paul Louis
Entities
Categories
Description
Earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in enamels
Buff earthenware, press-moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in pale blue, dark blue, green, mauve, a little red, yellowish-brown, dark brown, and black enamels. The rectangular base is glazed on its underside, and has a large D-shaped ventilation hole and a circular foot under the figure. The base has a slight mound on top, painted in green and brown. A quarter of its area is occupied by a pale blue stream. The washerwoman kneels beside the stream with a tub and wash board in front of her, and a bar of soap and a bat on the ground to her left. She kneels on both knees, and turns her head towards the viewer, as if interrupted while she is lifting a sheet out of the tub. She has black eyebrows and eyes, rosy cheeks and a red mouth. Her dark brown hair is covered by a white cap with one streamer hanging down over her back, and one pinned up. She wears a low-necked white chemise, and a mauve and dark blue skirt which is tucked up into her waistband. Her feet are bare.
Notes
History note: Eugene Langrois (1849-1936), antique dealer, 45, rue Beauvoisine, Rouen, from whom bought for frcs.70. by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 18.2 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
Beyerlé-Custine period
Circa
1770
-
1800
Note
The figure was produced after a model by Paul Louis Cyfflé. A model of the same subject, but with different colouring in the Victoria & Albert Museum (C.575-1909) is attributed to Les Islettes
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Surface
composed of
tin-glaze
( including base)
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( pale blue, dark blue, green, mauve, a little red, yellowish brown, dark brown, and black)
Base
Depth 15 cm
Length 18.9 cm
Materials used in production
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Moulding
: Buff earthenware, moulded, in parts, assembled, tin-glazed, and painted in pale blue, dark blue, green, mauve, a little red, yellowish brown, dark brown, and black enamels
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.2370-1928
Primary reference Number: 73409
Old object number: 1250
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 5 August 2025
Last processed: Tuesday 26 August 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
