Mansion House Dwarf
Factory:
Derby Porcelain Factory
Proprietor:
William Duesbury & Co.
Printmaker:
Callot, Jacques
(After)
Soft-paste porcelain figure of a dwarf wearing a tall hat, painted in polychrome enamels, and gilt
Soft-paste porcelain figure of a dwarf, slip-cast, and painted overglaze in pale greyish-blue, turquoise, green, yellow, pink, red, purple, grey, and black enamels. The underside of the base is unglazed and has a large circular ventilation hole, and three patch marks. The circular base has deep rounded sides, painted to resemble grass, and rises up into a small low stump in the centre. The dwarf stands with his feet on either side of it. He faces the front, holds a yellow staff in his left hand, and places his right on his waist. He has grey hair, moustache, eyebrows and eyes, and a red mouth, which is wide open. He wears a tall pale greyish-blue hat with red underside to the brim, and a black scarf round the crown to which is attached a bunch of white and red feathers. He has a peasecod double with a pale yellow ground and purple floral pattern, except for a strip down the centre front which has a harlequin pattern and purple buttons. On his right shoulder there are yellow, pink, red, and turquoise tabs, and on the left shoulder, pink, red, and yellow ones. His trunk hose are pink and his shoes black with reserved white buckles. A pair with C.76-1933
History note: Uncertain before testator
A.V. Valentine-Richards Bequest
Height: 17.8 cm
Width: 9.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933) by Valentine-Richards, A. V., The Rev
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1780
CE
-
1790
CE
This dwarf and its companion were mention in the Derby sale catalogue of 1784 and were included in Haslem's Price List of Groups and Single Figures' made at Derby as ' 226 Pair of Grotesque Punches'. See Documentation, 1876.
This model had been produced earlier at Meissen, Mennecy, and Chelsea. It was derived from a print by Jacques Callot, 'L'homme au ventre tombant, et a chapeau très elevé', an example of which is in the Founders Bequest to the Fitzwilliam Museum (24.I.9.762). See Documentation, 1927.
Decoration composed of enamel ( pale greyish-blue, turquoise, green, yellow, pink, red, purple, grey, and black)
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Slip casting
: Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, and painted overglaze in pale greyish-blue, turquoise, green, yellow, pink, red, purple, grey, and black enamels. The underside of the base is unglazed and has a large circular ventilation hole, surrounded by three patch marks.
Lead-glazing
Inscription present: Script N followed by raised o
Accession number: C.77-1933
Primary reference Number: 82505
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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