15929997050001312637261000Standard Recordobject-82238170292701604317029030040001702926923063fitz-onlineadlib-object-82238https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/8223808253b56-4f2f-3c19-8789-bc3665780cca5referenceagent-21023adlib-agent-21023be67191c-7958-3bfc-b306-2cdf5f376821Byronpersonreferenceagent-188450adlib-agent-1884501917dc14-ce69-32a6-9f53-8261eef2d4eaZuleikareferenceterm-108657adlib-term-108657c170cd8e-fc63-3446-81a4-6682b5979808lead-glazed earthenwareblack, grey, brown, green, yellow, maroon, pink and flesh-pinkreferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsreferenceterm-110416adlib-term-1104167347190c-472e-3638-b3f2-acd96e09c0cfunderglaze cobalt-bluereferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingreferenceterm-98112adlib-term-9811232d115a4-d3ac-33b0-b126-2a3da0fdf139portraitApplied ArtsWhite earthenware moulded in several parts and lead-glazed, with tiny shards of clay as decoration. Painted underglaze in cobalt blue and with black, grey, brown, green, yellow, maroon, pink and flesh-pink enamels, and gilt.A woman in Middle Eastern dress lounges on a couch with her feet up, resting against the arm and playing a stringed instrument. The figure is well coloured. She wears a long green, fur trimmed coat over pink and grey striped harem pants and a mustard yellow dress, trimmed in pink; a pink sash; and a light pink turban. Her bodice and sleeves are edged in thick gilt and the turban bears a gilt crescent at the front. Her shoes are black and pointed; her hair is brown; her features are finely painted. The table base has six legs, above which is a thick gilt line; the front is decorated with gilt leaf motifs; the top is moulded to form a couch, with a raised arm to the right. The couch is a deep blue. The underside, which forms two concave tunnels, has a vent hole and is glazed. The figure is moulded and decorated in the round.C.880-19841accession numberC.880-198482238priref82238urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/82238https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/82238referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Mrs J E Cameron 1984, from the collection of the late Col R G Turnerreferenceagent-155987adlib-agent-155987e436f445-fa38-38a0-bdfd-83e40b0508c9Cameron, J.E., Mrs198419841984givenEntry date: 1984-10-221840CE1840circa1840perhapsproductionreferenceagent-188266adlib-agent-188266460ccab5-1f71-31b9-bc8b-562dcc63d9d1John & Rebecca LloydThe figure may represent Zuleika, the heroine, of Byron’s poem ‘The Bride of Abydos’. Anthony Oliver has argued that several characters in Middle Eastern dress, made prior to the Crimean War, derive from this poem, which was published in 1813. The poem was first dramatised in 1918, with Edmund Kean as the hero Selim. It was successfully revived at Sheffield in 1840 and at Astley’s, Drury Lane in May 1947. It also appeared as a toy theatre production, and the first illustrated edition of the poem was published in 1838.The table base and the figure moulded in the round suggest a production date of around 1840. The figure shares a number of features with others that have been attributed to John and Rebecca Lloyd, who made both earthenware and porcelain figures at Shelton between 1834 and 1852 (see Oliver (1981), p.109). These include the complex moulding, the addition of tiny shards of clay for fur around the coat, generous gilding and the thick gilt line across the base, and the well-fired use of enamel colours particularly associated with the Lloyd factory, notably the sage green coat and the pink turban. There are also similarities with the moulding and decoration of male and female standing figures in Middle Eastern dress shown in Pugh (1970) and Oliver (1981), both of which are impressed ‘Lloyd Shelton’.There is a pair to this figure, a similarly dressed and decorated man, with a shisha/hookah pipe. The dress and pose of these figures suggest they are theatrical.referenceterm-109672adlib-term-109672a788e98b-c8a4-313c-9617-1a812228e86419th Century, Mid#referenceterm-107611adlib-term-107611790e5a19-a186-34d5-a16e-2d8dff9f6247white earthenwarereferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazeDepthcm7.7Depthin3Heightcm12.8Heightin5Widthcm12.8Widthin5referencemedia-53478adlib-media-53478aa26e183-8a9f-327a-96ad-2e386fed3967jpegaa/aa3/C_80_1984_281_29.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76017029263584891imagejpegaa/aa3/mid_C_80_1984_281_29.jpg1heightpixels362widthpixels50017029263584891imagejpegaa/aa3/C_80_1984_281_29.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76017029263584891imagejpegaa/aa3/preview_C_80_1984_281_29.jpg1heightpixels181widthpixels25017029263584891image0media
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imagereferenceterm-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurecategoryreferenceterm-130674adlib-term-1306742728ba11-801b-318a-8f24-c6f4b99f08e3Victorian Staffordshire figurecategoryreferenceterm-130678adlib-term-130678c683fbc6-ba3a-3ab1-b2f5-41493ff3588dflat-backed figurecategoryhistory noteFrom the collection of the late Colonel R.G. Turner.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumCf. Fig 1229C: a similarly moulded 5 inch figure with the same gilt decoration to the legs of the couch; otherwise the colouring is different: the cloak painted in underglaze blue; the hat and the cloak edging are green; the top of the couch is in variegated pink. Also a similarly dressed and decorated pair to this figure: a man relining on a couch, with a shisha pipe. Harding identifies the pair as Artabanes and Mandane from the Opera Artaxerxes, by Thomas Augustine Arne.92referencepublication-7229adlib-publication-72294a22be48-1439-3797-9496-05bc530ca185Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875, Second AddendumCf. Plate E141, Fig.296: a 13 ¼ inch standing female figure in Middle Eastern dress, who holds a similar instrument to that held by the Fitzwilliam figure; there are also some similarities in the decoration. The figure is impressed Lloyd Shelton. Also, pp.432-3, 490-1: a number of other figures in Middle Eastern dress, c.1840. Pugh identifies these as characters from Byron’s ‘The Bride of Abydos’.477referencepublication-3585adlib-publication-3585784308ef-9535-3132-970c-45af8a273a64Staffordshire Portrait Figures and Allied Subjects of the Victorian EraRef: discusses the relevance of Byron’s ‘The Bride of Abydos’ to Victorian Staffordshire figures of the 1840s, and gives the text of the poem.93-106referencepublication-7214adlib-publication-72145837e427-2875-313b-a414-8210d452c972The Victorian Staffordshire FigureRef. a 14 inch standing figure of a Middle-Eastern man, impressed ‘Lloyd Shelton’, dated c.1835. This appears to be a pair to the figure in Pugh, though on a different base. Also, pp.109-129, information on Lloyd Shelton figures.118referencepublication-7296adlib-publication-7296ebd8a711-3a9e-3a56-ac62-2432cac6fe69Staffordshire Pottery: The Tribal Art of Englandreferencepublication-7217adlib-publication-7217c1860f2b-473e-3562-a129-4344ff68ed22Staffordshire Portrait Figuresreferenceterm-15214adlib-term-15214744af2c4-a2f2-37ad-bbf4-2cd00e91ed9bVictorianreferenceterm-145adlib-term-1456bddd4fb-936e-3ca1-bfe3-1ed68f4a13eapoetryobject namereferenceterm-67570adlib-term-675704eb45990-2f34-3650-beff-c2c56ea7274ccouchobject namereferenceterm-92253adlib-term-92253cc2aaa48-cf8a-3f2d-aaf7-278be91b9d3bmusical instrumentactivityreferenceterm-23596adlib-term-23596f5fe6ab7-fea6-31d5-8f77-1ad5f40613ccmusicliteralcouchcouchliteralmusical instrumentmusical instrumentliteralmusicmusicreferenceterm-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurefigureWhite earthenware moulded in several parts and lead-glazed, with tiny shards of clay as decoration. Painted underglaze in cobalt blue and with black, grey, brown, green, yellow, maroon, pink and flesh-pink enamels, and gilt. The underside, which forms two concave tunnels, has a vent hole and is glazed. The figure is moulded and decorated in the round.in several partsreferenceterm-120085adlib-term-12008568c62b7c-aaf4-38a5-a1be-4d6c615c0714press-mouldingreferenceterm-120062adlib-term-120062d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206lead-glazingFemal musician reclining on a couchpossible titleZuleika, in Byron's 'The Bride of Abydos'object
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