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Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
Greyish white salt-glaze egg-stand consisting of a four leaves radiating from a central stem surmounted by the head of the Duke of Cumberland (?), each leaf supported on a boy's head rising from the corners of the square base
Greyish-white stoneware, press-moulded in several parts, assembled, and salt-glazed. The glaze is tinged with greyish-green where it lies thickly and there is also a brownish olive dribble on one side of the base. The stand comprises a square base with incurved sides. On each of the four corners there is a boy's head supporting a concave leaf-shaped dish projecting from a central cylindrical support. This is surmounted by a man's head, perhaps that of the Duke of Cumberland, which is hollow and open at the top. The edges of the base are gadrooned and scrolled, and pairs of serrated leaves project upwards from each corner towards the central support. The inside of the leaves are deeply veined. The man's eyes have dark brown slip pupils.
History note: Dr E.J. Sidebotham (1860-1929); sold to Cyril Andrade, London, from whom purchased for £50 on 15 October 1924 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 14.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
Circa
1745
CE
-
1755
CE
Duke of Cumberland (1721-1765).
This object has been described as an egg stand, a toilet stand, and a pickle stand. The head was identified as the Duke of Cumberland by comparison with the Chelsea porcelain bust of the Duke, and a salt-glazed stoneware bust (see documentation)
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
( appearing greyish-green where it lies thickly on the base and leasves)
Base
Width 12.2 cm
greyish-white Stoneware
Press-moulding
: Off-white stoneware, moulded in several parts, assembled, and salt-glazed
Salt-glazing
Inscription present: rectangular with cut upper corners, edged on all but the lower edge by a Prussian blue line
Accession number: C.546-1928
Primary reference Number: 75483
Old object number: 4443
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Egg stand" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75483 Accessed: 2024-11-22 00:41:35
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