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Girl
Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory (Uncertain)
Earthenware decorated with clear, blue, green yellowish-brown, and dark brown lead-glazes; a standing girl holding a bag in her right hand and a bird (?) in her left
Cream earthenware, press-moulded, and painted underglaze in blue, green, flesh pink, yellowish-brown, and dark brown. The figure stands on a high green washed mound covered with relief and impressed wavy lines to resemble grass, supported on a low square base, which is mainly unglazed underneath and has a central ventilation hole.. The woman faces to the front holding a bird to her chest in her left hand, and holding a bag at her side with her right hand. She wears a dark brown hat, a full -length, long-sleeved dress scattered with blue arrow motifs pointing downwards, a yellowish-brown kerchief round her neck and shoulders, and dark brown shoes.
History note: Sotheby's, 27 May 1919, one of two items in lot 87; bought by S. Fenton of Cranbourn Street for £ 1 14s.0d. on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 17.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late
Circa
1790
-
1800
The figure may have been the female companion to a sportsman as she holds a game bag and bird.
Surface
composed of
lead-glaze
Decoration
composed of
oxide colours
Base
Depth 6.4 cm
Width 6.5 cm
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick on label with a blue line on the edge and plant motifs in the upper two corners
Accession number: C.868-1928
Primary reference Number: 76248
Old object number: 3017
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Girl" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76248 Accessed: 2024-11-21 18:27:05
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