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The Arts of Drama and Music
Maker: Solon, Louis-Marc-Emmanuel
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.
History note: Purchased on May 20 1926 from F.J. Morrell of Stoke-on-Trent by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th century
Circa
1865
CE
-
1870
CE
Probably fired at the Claus factory in Paris.
Front
composed of
slip
( grey-green, and white)
glaze
Plaque
Height 13.5 cm
Length 45.8 cm
Decoration
Accession number: C.3203-1928
Primary reference Number: 74504
Old object number: 4914
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "The Arts of Drama and Music" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74504 Accessed: 2023-02-03 11:48:14
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Accession Number: CM.43-2005
Accession Number: 2358
Accession Number: M.12-1960
Accession Number: M.11-1941
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