IDENTIFIERS
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id:	76988
accession number:	EC.6C-1943

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 4 April 2022

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast with applied details, painted over lead-glaze in blue, turquoise, green, yellow, orange, dark pink, red, and black enamels, and gilt. The closed underside has three patch marks and a small circular ventilation hole near the back. The approximately circular base has slightly incurved sides with three kidney-shaped holes between scrolls on each side, and at the front, an asymmetrical cartouche inscribed ‘AFRICA’ in gold.  At the back there is a low tree stump covered in applied flowers and  foliage. In front of it stands a lion with its head on the viewer’s right. The young black boy stands on his right leg with his left bent and resting on the lion’s back. He looks towards his right, and holds a lobster in his right hand in front of him, and, with his left arm holds a cornucopia filled with corn and flowers to his left side. He has black skin and wears a cream and pale orange elephant’s head headdress, a coral necklace, and a pink and turquoise drape with gold edges. There are groups of orange and yellow, and dark pink and yellow flowers and leaves on the ground in front of him. The base is picked out in turquoise, pink, and gold.
object type: Soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, and gilt; inscribed 'AFRICA' on the front of the base
title:	figure

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Unknown before donor


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
creditline: Bequeathed by Angus W.C. Crisp in memory of his father, George Crisp

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76988

PEOPLE
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Africa

SUBJECTS
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cornucopia
lion
cornucopia
lion



TECHNIQUES
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soft-paste porcelain slip-cast with moulded details, painted over lead-glaze in blue, turquoise, green, yellow, orange, dark pink, red, and black enamels, and gilt; the closed underside has three patch marks, and a small circular ventilation hole near the back.
slip casting
TECHNIQUES
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glazing (coating)

CATEGORIES
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category: soft-paste porcelain

DATING
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creation date:	1780 - 1780
creation date earliest:	1780
creation date latest:	1780
culture:	18th Century, Late
culture:	George III

CREATORS
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maker: Derby Porcelain Factory
maker: William Duesbury & Co.

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: in
value: 8 7/8



CITATIONS
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Derby Porcelain Figures 1750-1848
Derby Porcelain's Four Quarters of the Globe Figures
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