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Innkeeper
Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
Cream earthenware decorated with clear, green, and grey lead-glazes
Cream earthenware, press-moulded and decorated with clear, green and grey lead-glazes. The underside is open and glazed around the lower edge. The man stands in front of a tree stump with his feet apart factng the viewer. On his head he has a short wig with a curl round the lower edge. He wears a knee-length coat over a shirt and waistcoat, knee-length breeches, stockings, and buckled shoes. His right hand is tucked into his jacket and his left rests on a napkin or cloth wound around his waist. The grey and green glazes are applied randomly on his costume and have run into each other.
History note: Mr. Furphey of Oakwood, Priory Road, Sale, Cheshire, from whom purchased for £10 on 17 Nov 1916 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 14 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, second half#
Circa
1760
-
1780
The identification of this figure as an inn keeper is uncertain. He might be a domestic man servant.
Decoration
composed of
lead-glaze
( clear, and coloured green and grey)
Base
Width 5 cm
Surface
cream Earthenware
Press-moulding : Cream earthenware, press-moulded, and hollow inside, probably decorated green, grey and clear lead-glazes
Accession number: C.829-1928
Primary reference Number: 76191
Old object number: 4658
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Innkeeper" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76191 Accessed: 2024-04-27 10:22:49
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Accession Number: 34.15-56
Accession Number: C.1211-1928
Accession Number: C.1165-1928
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