IDENTIFIERS
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id:	76729
accession number:	C.2362-1928

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 8 July 2025

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Pale buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed and painted overglaze in green, pale pink, puce pink, brown, and black enamels (petit feu decoration). The figure is supported on a square base with rounded corners, and slopes upwards slightly towards the back, where there are two stones. Its surface is mottled in shades of green and brown, and the stones are brown. The boy stands on his left foot with right foot a little behind it, and his right knee relaxed. In his left hand he holds the upper part of a whistle to his mouth,; its lower part is missing. The wrist and hand of his right arm have been broken off.  He has brown curling hair, which forms a bunch on the nape of his neck at the back. He wears a white open-necked shirt, and breeches with puce stripes, white stockings, and black shoes with white bows.
object type: tin-glazed earthenware painted in enamels
title:	figure

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Mr J. Nachemsohn, King Street, St James’ Square, from whom bought for £4 on 20 April 1918 for £4, by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	J. W. L. Glaisher
creditline: Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76729


SUBJECTS
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playing music



TECHNIQUES
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pale buff earthenware, moulded in parts, assembled, tin-glazed, and painted overglaze in shades of green, pink, puce, red, brown, and black enamels
moulding
TECHNIQUES
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tin-glazing

CATEGORIES
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category: tin-glazed earthenware
category: French faïence

DATING
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creation date:	1770 - 1775
creation date earliest:	1770
creation date latest:	1775
culture:	18th Century, third quarter

CREATORS
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maker: Hannong factory

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 17



CITATIONS
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Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
Faïences françaises XVIe-XVIIIe siècles
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