Bacchus: C.2746A-1928

Titles

Bacchus

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Delft factory

Entities

• Figure

Categories

• Tin-glazed earthenware
• Delftware

Description

Tin-glazed earthenware figure of Bacchus painted in blue, green, yellow, yellowish-brown, dark reddish-brown, and manganese-purple.

Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, yellowish-brown, dark reddish-brown, and manganese-purple. The figure stands on a circular mound base painted green with a yellowish-brown tree trunk at the back. It is convex underneath and has a ventilation hold under the tree stump. Bacchus stands in front of it with his left leg forward. His left arm is raised and he holds a bunch of grapes in his left hand. His right arm is extended a little to the side and he holds a yellow standing cup in that hand. His hair is yellow and on both sides of his head is decorated with grapes and leaves. He is nude apart from a manganese-purple cloak which is suspended from a reddish-brown strap over his right shoulder.

Notes

History note: Sotheby’s, 12 June 1906, part of lot 189, with three other figures, and two unrelated items; purchased for £1.10.0 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1780 CE - 1880 CE

Note

Although this figure and its companions bear the mark of Pieter Kocs who directed the Greek A Factory between 1701-22, they were probably made in the 19th century, or were made in the late 18th century and had the red mark applied to them overglaze in the 19th century

School or Style

Neoclassical