15929996790001312637261000Standard Recordobject-76409170266712309415948523390001702667064573fitz-onlineadlib-object-76409https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/764099b8c637a-9284-305b-be1d-4389909c3f775referenceagent-194309adlib-agent-1943095c4a900c-f898-3e51-854e-0bb58155da30Comedyreferenceagent-194310adlib-agent-1943107d49d52e-b3f2-30a3-afd4-2e6d39deb75cTragedyreferenceterm-108657adlib-term-108657c170cd8e-fc63-3446-81a4-6682b5979808lead-glazed earthenwarereferenceterm-113184adlib-term-11318425fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043J. W. L. Glaisherreferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsreferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazeDecorationreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-122641adlib-term-122641d5fb75d8-097d-3fd7-8e70-87e9d96d77f7glazingPartsreferenceterm-121246adlib-term-121246cd0cb1a4-68fa-396e-a2f5-856490890cd3modellingApplied ArtsEarthenware figure, moulded and modelled, pearl-ware glazed and painted with polychrome enamels.Staffordshire figure representing Comedy, standing on an oval base. A woman stands beside a pedestal and holds a circular shield in her left hand and a mirror in her right. She wears a long, flowing, short-sleeved, green gown and a red cloak draped over her left shoulder. The shield is yellow and decorated with a satyr mask, the pedestal is red-brown. The base is a pointed oval mound, moulded in relief with flowers and painted in green, blue and red. The back of the figure is flattened, but fully moulded and painted. The underside is recessed and glazed, with a central vent hole.C.936A-19281accession numberC.936A-192876409priref76409192519251925old object number4573urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76409https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76409no visible markunderside of baserectangular paper label handwritten in black ink4673a Staffordshire figure of standing woman carrying a shield on which is a Gorgon’s head. b. in Cambridge. Aug 9 1925, one of a pairlabelreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumDr J.W.L.Glaisher Bequest, 1928referenceagent-152564adlib-agent-152564c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr192819281928bequeathedEntry date: 1928-12-07181018101810circa18101820118201820circa1820productionreferenceagent-187914adlib-agent-1879143ff8e302-3ac3-3560-9a60-800ee4445118Unidentified factoryPearlware figures decorated with enamels were in production by 1780, though the bright coloured enamels on these figures indicates an early 19th Century date. They were generally made at smaller potteries and are rarely marked. A cheaper alternative to porcelain figures, they drew on a variety of sources, including sculpture and porcelain figures. Classical, biblical, mythological and literary subjects were popular, as were animals and representations of rural life, seasons and trades. Here the bodies are simple 3-part moulds, with a few hand-modelled parts applied.This is one of a pair of female figures representing Comedy and Tragedy, personifications which date from ancient Greece. The Fitzwilliam collection holds three such earthenware figures, a pair (C.936A-1928 and C.936B-1928) and Tragedy (C.937-1928). Similarities in moulding and colours suggest that these may have come from the same maker.referenceterm-119816adlib-term-1198164c42c3d5-6453-34fb-896f-84311bfe756719th Century, Early#referenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwareHeightcm14.6Widthcm10.5referencemedia-47664adlib-media-4766422ac343b-e6ef-3dcb-9953-e719a88a4fe1jpegaa/aa2/C_936A_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57016162448204441imagejpegaa/aa2/mid_C_936A_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels649widthpixels50016162448204441imagejpegaa/aa2/C_936A_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57016162448204441imagejpegaa/aa2/preview_C_936A_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels325widthpixels25016162448204441image0media
imagereferencemedia-47665adlib-media-476659c468c0f-9787-3d32-a70a-704c6d328faejpegaa/aa2/C_936A_1928_282_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57016162687424271imagejpegaa/aa2/mid_C_936A_1928_282_29.jpg1heightpixels649widthpixels50016162687424271imagejpegaa/aa2/C_936A_1928_282_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57016162687424271imagejpegaa/aa2/preview_C_936A_1928_282_29.jpg1heightpixels325widthpixels25016162687424271image1media
imagereferenceterm-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurereferenceterm-134443adlib-term-1344431f927ae4-091f-35a9-b59f-e49a35bcf525Staffordshire figure (early)history noteBought as a pair from Mr. Wordingham of Cambridge on 8 August 1925, for £4, by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge. Mr Wordingham had bought them at Wisbech.1pairreferenceobject-76410adlib-object-76410b57f8c5a-e854-366c-ba77-89faf169c5cf1reference1term-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurefigure1same subjectreferenceobject-76411adlib-object-76411f7b61fd6-b39f-3fa1-bc73-4f58507691081reference1term-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurefigurereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Vol. l, p. 123, no. 936, 936A123referencepublication-1031adlib-publication-1031a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55edCatalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridgereferencepublication-6492adlib-publication-64928f7a7c8d-d834-39c7-aba5-eddaaff4dd0cEnglish Earthenware Figures 1740-1840referencepublication-5796adlib-publication-5796f53034c1-658f-3808-ae92-bf4b4c428367People, Passions, Pastimes, and Pleasures, Staffordshire Figures 1810-1835referencepublication-7215adlib-publication-72155a432fe5-59b0-3aa3-80ff-60e8c20dd302Staffordshire Chimney Ornamentsreferencepublication-992adlib-publication-992e26b9de8-5607-3d6e-82c1-bba7d8cb57c4Plagiarism Personified? European Pottery and Porcelain FiguresCf. figure group ‘Perswaition’,c.1815-25100-101referencepublication-1030adlib-publication-10309cf77d50-a614-3947-8d0e-919f695fe7b0Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, English Potteryreferenceterm-107359adlib-term-107359d5be0b0d-3959-3dc6-9196-611577dd1604theatrereferenceterm-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurefigureEarthenware, moulded with applied modelled parts, lead glazed and painted with enamels.referenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingComedyobject
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