Current Location: In storage
Titles
Boy and Girl with Baskets
Maker(s)
Pottery:
Wood, Ralph, II
(Possibly)
Entities
Categories
Description
Lead-glazed earthenware group of a young man and woman holding baskets painted in polychrome enamels
Lead-glazed cream earthenware painted overglaze in blue, turquoise, shades of green, pale yellow, pale lilac, flesh pink, red, brown and black enamels; the interior of the underside is open and glazed. A young man and woman are seated at different levels on a tree-stump, each holding a basket. He rests his basked on the stump on his right and she rests her basket on her knees in front of her. The young man wears a black hat, a white coat with blue edging, a yellow waistcoat, pale brown breeches, and black shoes with blue bows; the girl has a white cap, a lilac bodice over a white chemise, a flowered skirt, and black shoes with blue bows. The mound and tree-stump are dappled in shades of green and brown.
Notes
History note: Mr Victor Benjamin Button, Cambridge, from whom purchased at the beginning of 1905 for £2 or £2.10s. by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 20.1 cm
Width: 17.8 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1790
CE
-
1800
CE
Note
Probably made by Ralph Wood II or another member of the Wood family
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( blue, turquoise, green, pale yellow, flesh-pink, red, pale lilac, brown, and black)
Base
Width 9.9 cm
Materials used in production
cream
Earthenware
lead-glaze
Lead-glaze
Techniques used in production
Press-moulding
: Cream earthenware, moulded in parts, assembled, lead-glazed, and painted overglaze in blue, turquoise, shades of green, pale yellow, flesh-pink, red, pale lilac, brown and black enamels; the interior is glazed.
Lead-glazing
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.897-1928
Primary reference Number: 76306
Old object number: 2347
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 15 July 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
