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Dismal Hound
Probably
Charles Gouyn
(Production)
Soft-paste porcelain figure of Dismal Hound, slip-cast and glazed.
Soft-paste porcelain figure of Dismal Hound, slip-cast and glazed. The glaze is off-white and very speckly. The unglazed underside has a large oval opening, leaving a flange round the edge. The hound bitch sits on an oval, low mound base with its front paws apart and its head turnned to its left, looking downwards. It has floppy ears and a lugubrious expression.
History note: Dr and Mrs H. Statham; Dr Statham died 1967; Mrs Statham died 1970; their daughter, Miss Beryl Statham by whom lent anonymously in 1970. Beqeathed by Missl Statham, 19 , and accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 12.5 cm
Length: 10 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Allocated
(1992)
by
H.M. Government
Mid 18th Century
George II
Circa
1749
CE
-
1759
CE
Probably made by Charles Gouyn of St James's
Surface composed of lead-glaze ( except for the underside, presumed lead)
Slip-casting : Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast and lead-glazed. The glaze is off-white and very speckly
Accession number: C.28-1992
Primary reference Number: 80751
Old loan number: Statham Loan 10-1988
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/80751 Accessed: 2022-07-05 01:05:31
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Accession Number: GR.1.1929
Accession Number: Loan Ant.103.685
Accession Number: PD.65-2006
Accession Number: C.19-1911
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