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Candlestick in the form of a Woman
Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
Lead-glazed earthenware painted in enamels
Pale buff earthenware, moulded, covered with lead-glaze and painted in pale and dark blue, pale turquoise, yellow, flesh pink, dull pink, red, dark reddish-brown, brown and black enamels. The figure stands on a high dull pink plinth with incurved gadrooned sides, mounted on an octagonal straight sided base decorated with a yellow horizontal line imitating gilding. The woman stands with her feet together facing to the viewer with her arms raised to support a two-handled fluted and gadrooned urn which stands on her head and forms the candle socket. She has rosy cheeks and pale brown hair adorned with a black band and bow at the front. She wears classical dress comprising three tiers, a pale turquoise tunic (peplos), over a calf-length white skirt with a border of Greek key pattern, and a long pale blue skirt with a yellow edge. A pale turquoise cloak with a dark reddish-brown lining is suspended from her shoulders at the back by means of dark blue brooches and cross straps at the front. The urn is of the same dull pink as the plinth.
History note: Mr J. W. Thompson, 82 Bailgate, Lincoln, from whom bought for £2.2s. 0d. on 1 September 1917 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 30.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, Early#
George III
Circa
1800
-
1820
Possibly made in the factory of David Wilson in Hanley.
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( pale and dark blue, yellow, flesh pink, dull pink, red dark reddish-brown, brown, and black)
Surface
composed of
lead-glaze
Base
Depth 11.5 cm
Width 11.5 cm
pale buff Earthenware
Moulding : Pale buff earthenware, moulded, assembled, lead-glazed, and painted in pale and dark blue, yellow, flesh pink, dull pink, red dark reddish-brown, brown, and black enamels
Inscription present: octagonal white paper stick on label with a narrow blue line edging on the upper five sides
Accession number: C.932-1928
Primary reference Number: 76405
Old object number: 4235
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Candlestick in the form of a Woman" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76405 Accessed: 2024-12-22 13:58:28
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