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Production: Unidentified
Pearlware plate with moulded relief border, transfer-printed underglaze in blue in the well with a man riding a an early bicycle, and inscription 'THE REAl DANDY HOBBY'
White earthenware, moulded, and transfer-printed in blue under blue-tinted lead-glaze (pearlware). The circular plate has a narrow sloping rim, moulded in relief with a border of alternate roses and daisies linked by a wavy stem with a smaller flower between each of the others. The well has curved sides and a flat central area. The well and sides are decorated with a smartly dressed man riding on a hobby or dandy horse in open country, with below the words 'THE REAL DANDY HOBBY'.
History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 13.3 cm
Height: 1.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
1820s
George IV
Circa
1820
-
1825
The hobby or dandy horse was an early bicycle with no pedals, invented in 1817 by a German, Karl von Drais, who was living in France. An English version was introduced in 1819 by Denis Johnson, a coach builder. The term dandy, usually applied to a highly fashionable man, was used to describe it, because riding one was seen as bang up to the minute. Needless to say, they resulted in a lot of accidents and road rage, and there are numerous contemporary prints showing riders on and off their machines.
Decoration composed of ceramic printing colour ( blue from cobalt)
tinted very pale blue
Lead-glaze
white
Earthenware
Moulding
: White earthenware, moulded, and transfer-printed in blue under slightly blue-tinted lead-glaze
Lead-glazing
Inscription present: almost square white paper stick-on label with serrated edges on three sides and a red line on the lower edge
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on-label, with printed words in a circle enclosed by a black line
Accession number: C.26-1928
Primary reference Number: 73798
Old object number: C.72-1928
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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