IDENTIFIERS
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id:	74641
accession number:	C.35-1928

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 29 January 2019

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The bear stands on four feet, its claws extended, its head down and nose turned slightly to the right; the clay body has been moulded to suggest fur. A ribbon runs around the left hand side of the bear’s back, inscribed ‘ATKINSON’S GENUINE BEARS GREASE’ in black transfer capitals.  The oval base is 3.5cm deep, with flat sides and with flower and leaf motifs added to the top. The front of the base is inscribed ‘BEARS GREASE’, and the back ’24 OLD BOND STREET’, in black capitals. The figure is mainly white, eyes painted in black and transferred words. The back is fully moulded. The underside is concave and glazed, with four vent holes.
object type: White earthenware press moulded in several parts, with modelled motifs added, and pearlware glazed. Decorated with overglaze transfer letters and with two spots of black enamel.
title:	animal figure

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	J. W. L. Glaisher
creditline: Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74641

PEOPLE
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Atkinson, James

SUBJECTS
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bear's grease
cosmetics
bear
advertising
bear
advertising



TECHNIQUES
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White earthenware press moulded in several parts, with modelled motifs added, and pearlware glazed. Decorated with overglaze transfer letters and with two spots of black enamel. The back is fully moulded. The underside is concave and glazed, with four vent holes.
press-moulded
TECHNIQUES
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lead-glazed

CATEGORIES
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category: lead-glazed earthenware

DATING
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creation date:	1830 - 1850
creation date earliest:	1830
creation date latest:	1850
culture:	19th Century, Mid#
culture:	Victorian

CREATORS
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maker: Unidentified factory

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 37.5

dimension: Depth
units: in
value: 14.75

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 23

dimension: Height
units: in
value: 9

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 23

dimension: Width
units: in
value: 9



CITATIONS
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Yorkshire Potteries, Pots and Potters
Miller's Bottles & Pot Lids: A Collector's Guide
Earle Collection of early Staffordshire pottery
Staffordshire Portrait Figures and Allied Subjects of the Victorian Era
Staffordshire Portrait Figures
Historical Guide to Delftware and Victorian Ointment Pots
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