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Titles
The Arts of Drama and Music
Maker(s)
Decorator:
Solon, Louis-Marc-Emmanuel
Maker of plaque:
Clauss, Alphonse-Marx
(Probably)
Entities
Categories
Description
Hard-paste porcelain panel decorated in pâte-sur-pâte in white on a greyish-green ground with the arts of Drama and Music seated back to back, accompanied by groups of children. Gilt-metal frame with suspension loops
Hard-paste porcelain the upper surface covered in a grey-green slip, and decorated in pâte-sur-pâte in white. On a plinth decorated with a tragic mask and trumpets are seated back to back,on the viewer's right, a man writing on a table, representing Drama, and on the viewer's left, a woman holding a lyre, representing Music, with on either side groups of lightly draped children. The four on the left are singing, while one of them holds a book, and of the three on the right, one holds up a mask, and two hold up a mask between them. The panel has a gilt-metal frame with two suspension rings attached to loops on the top edge.
Notes
History note: Purchased on May 20 1926 from F.J. Morrell of Stoke-on-Trent by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher
Legal notes
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
19th Century, third quarter
Napoleon III
Circa
1865
CE
-
1870
CE
Note
Between 1858 and 1870 Solon was employed by the Sèvres porcelain manufactory and played an important part in developing pâte-sur-pâte decoration. He also undertook commissions in his own studio in Paris. This porcelain plaque may have been supplied to him from the factory of Alphonse-Marx Clauss, and after decoration have been fired by there. The plaque is signed 'MILES' a pseudonym made up of Solon's initials, which he used on commissions executed in his own studio for the Paris dealer, Eugene Rousseau (1827-91). The plaque must have been executed before 1870 when Solon left France for England on the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War. In August 1870 he arrived in Stoke-on Trent, and was employed by the Minton factory.
School or Style
Neoclassical
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Front
composed of
slip
( grey-green, and white)
glaze
Plaque
Height 13.5 cm
Length 45.8 cm
Decoration
Materials used in production
Hard-paste porcelain
Inscription or legends present
- Text: MILES
- Location: Lower right
- Type: Mark
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.3203-1928
Primary reference Number: 74504
Old object number: 4914
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 25 March 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 15 July 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
