15929910490001312637261000Standard Recordobject-76473170249433967815948523440001702494120702fitz-onlineadlib-object-76473https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76473b63726c0-9431-33ae-a8a1-dfbce93ebb6c5referenceterm-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 group, moulded and modelled, lead-glazed and painted with polychrome enamels.Earthenware group of a dandy and his lady walking arm in arm. The lady carries a bag in her left hand. She wears a yellow poke bonnet, a yellow blouse over a white puffed-sleeve blouse and a pink skirt. Her bonnet is very large and has a pink band with three blue feathers at the front. The gentleman wears a top hat and a frilled shirt with stock and high collar. He has a blue coat, over yellow trousers. His coat and her skirt are finely painted with a feathery effect. The rectangular base, which has stylised marble to the sides and a pale green top. At the back is a flattened tree stump. The underside is recessed and glazed.C.971-19281accession numberC.971-192876473priref76473191019101910old object number3207urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76473https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76473underside of baserectangular paper label handwritten in black inkNo.3207. Staffordshire courtship group of a lady and gentleman walking arm in arm. Same model as no.3208 but a much later specimen. From the Reynolds Collection, June 1910.labelreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumDr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequestreferenceagent-152564adlib-agent-152564c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr192819281928bequeathedEntry date: 1928-12-07182518251825circa182518301183018301830productionreferenceagent-187914adlib-agent-1879143ff8e302-3ac3-3560-9a60-800ee4445118Unidentified factoryEarthenware figure groups were popular from around 1810, although the earliest examples date from nearly a century before. They were produced by many small potteries and very few are marked. Classical or literary subjects might be copied from more expensive porcelain examples, but scenes from everyday life and topical events were also increasingly popular. Early figure groups are often complex, with modelled and moulded parts and applied decoration; the backs, though flat, are decorated. By c.1835, earlier methods had largely given way to three-part press-moulding which enabled faster and cheaper production for a growing market.This fashionably dressed couple’s linked arms suggest they are courting. Such groups are particularly interesting because they show contemporary costume; they are sometimes listed as ‘Dandies’.referenceterm-134369adlib-term-134369e802f29c-a259-3ff8-940a-81beac6a591319th Century, Earlyreferenceterm-107611adlib-term-107611790e5a19-a186-34d5-a16e-2d8dff9f6247white earthenwareBase Depthcm7Base Widthcm8.7Heightcm22Widthcm12referencemedia-47818adlib-media-47818fa30d71e-7876-32c0-ad09-9092a56b0d57jpegaa/aa8/C_971_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57016162861579491imagejpegaa/aa8/mid_C_971_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels649widthpixels50016162861579491imagejpegaa/aa8/C_971_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57016162861579491imagejpegaa/aa8/preview_C_971_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels325widthpixels25016162861579491image0media
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imagereferenceterm-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure groupreferenceterm-134396adlib-term-134396238a8c79-c8ce-3ed9-9d80-3a938ba82083Staffordshire figure group (early)history noteCaptain Reynolds Collection, London, sold to Messrs Gill and Reigate. Bought by Mr Stoner, London, from whom purchased in 1910 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge. Dr Glaisher paid £125 for this and fourteen other pieces, as part of a purchase of 35 figures and figure groups.1same subjectreferenceobject-76479adlib-object-764799a3d8782-60cb-3510-b2d6-a29ae32d67bb1reference1term-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure groupfigure group1same subjectreferenceobject-76451adlib-object-7645115f16c7c-e0e6-3e42-acad-45390cca588d1reference1term-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure groupfigure group1same subjectreferenceobject-76450adlib-object-76450c51c3220-b939-3283-a4ab-ec6de0f220d31reference1term-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure groupfigure groupreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Vol. l, p. 127, no. 971127referencepublication-1031adlib-publication-1031a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55edCatalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgeCf. plate 51, a similar couple, though differently posed and coloured, in Stoke-on-Trent City Museum & Art Gallery collection, dated c.1815-1825.193referencepublication-6492adlib-publication-64928f7a7c8d-d834-39c7-aba5-eddaaff4dd0cEnglish Earthenware Figures 1740-1840Cf. p.58, various examples of courtship and ‘dandy’ couples, often with bocage.54-69referencepublication-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.1815-25.100-101referencepublication-1030adlib-publication-10309cf77d50-a614-3947-8d0e-919f695fe7b0Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, English Potteryreferenceterm-135595adlib-term-135595b87cb4d4-e91d-36fc-9eb0-395e7b7223a8courtdhipreferenceterm-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure groupfigure groupEarthenware, moulded and modelled, lead glazed and painted with enamels.referenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingCourtship groupobject
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