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Jupiter with his Eagle: C.914-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Jupiter with his Eagle

Maker(s)

Production: Wood, Enoch (Probably)

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Description

Lead-glazed earthenware figure of Jupiter standing with an eagle beside him painted in enamels

Pale cream earthenware, moulded, covered with slightly blue tinted lead-glaze and painted in blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, red, dark puce, reddish-brown, greyish-brown, and grey enamels. The figures stand on a low mound supported on a square, straight-sided and flat-topped base, which is hollow underneath and has a central ventilation hole. Jupiter stands facing the viewer with his bare feet slightly apart. He holds up his garment to his hip in his left hand, and in his right holds a reddish-brown sceptre which rests against his body and upper arm. He has a grey beard and hair, red lips and flesh-pink cheeks. He wears a yellow crown, and a low-necked, short-sleeved tunic of dark puce fabric decorated with small white reserves enclosing red and blue sprigs, and lined with yellow. It extends to just above his knees at the front, and to the ground at the back. The eagle stands to his right looking towards him, with its right foot raised and wings extended. The mound is coloured green and greyish-brown. A reddish-brown line runs round the top of the side of the base, and the title 'Jupiter' is painted below it at centre front.

Notes

History note: W.F.A. Wilson; Christie's, 15-16 November 1906, Catalogue of the collection of old English pottery and porcelain formed by W.F.A. Wilson, second day, part of lot 235 with three other figures; purchased by Thomas Sutton of Eastbourne for 17 guineas (£19.12.6 with commission) on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 29.8 cm
Width: 17.7 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Burslem ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

19th Century, Early#
George III
Circa 1800 - 1810

Note

An undecorated example of this figure in the Victoria & Albert Museum with the impressed mark '79/Ra.Wood/Burslem' for the factory of Ralph Wood II (d. 1795) or possibly his son Ralph Wood III (d. 1805), which suggests that this probably later figure, also numbered '79' impressed could have been made in Enoch Wood's factory.

Jupiter or Jove was the Roman equivalent of Zeus, the king of the Gods. In art he is often depicted holding a thunderbolt or a sceptre, as here, and accompanied by an eagle.

School or Style

Neoclassical

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( blue, green, yellow, flesh-pink, red, dark puce, reddish-brown, greyish-brown, and grey)
Base Depth 10 cm Width 9.8 cm
Surface

Materials used in production

slightly blue tinted Lead-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Pale cream earthenware, moulded, covered with slightly blue tinted lead-glaze, and painted in blue, green, yellow, flesh-pink, red, dark puce, reddish-brown, greyish-brown, and grey enamels; the underside of the base has a central ventilation hole

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 79
  • Location: On exterior of back of base
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Number

Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label with a blue line edging on top and right sides and plant motifs in the two top corners

  • Text: No 2602/Staffordshire/figure of Ju-/piter. b. at/Christie's/Nov 16.1906
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.914-1928
Primary reference Number: 76355
Old object number: 2602
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 8 August 2023 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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