15929704480001312637261000Standard Recordobject-82505170249436382314683165210001702494121150fitz-onlineadlib-object-82505https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/82505eeb4330a-3877-3d08-af16-9988b2e902425personreferenceagent-155044adlib-agent-155044e1336128-f2a8-31e6-8779-83aca5a3f721dwarfreferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainpale greyish-blue, turquoise, green, yellow, pink, red, purple, grey, and blackreferenceterm-32638adlib-term-3263897b8d1a5-7b8f-3a2a-a275-7d001aeaae2benamelDecorationin pale greyish-blue, turquoise, green, yellow, pink, red, purple, grey, and black enamelsreferenceterm-120086adlib-term-120086cdecca31-5ec3-3fe3-9e5d-455d9771fda5painting overglazereferenceterm-110500adlib-term-1105006dc34c6c-d553-36b2-b489-9797a89deeeasociety/human lifeApplied ArtsSoft-paste porcelain figure of a dwarf wearing a tall hat, painted in polychrome enamels, and giltSoft-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.76-1933C.77-19331accession numberC.77-193382505priref82505urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/82505https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/82505Script N followed by raised oon underside of baseincised, almost illegiblyNo 227markreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumA.V. Valentine-Richards Bequestreferenceagent-166300adlib-agent-16630064cc72e4-9974-3689-8c93-1065b3faefaaValentine-Richards, A. V., The Rev193319331933bequeathedThe testator had been a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge17801780CE1780circa1780179011790CE17901790factoryreferenceagent-35888adlib-agent-358880244b335-51c5-3535-a626-9ed7f3d33894Derby Porcelain Factoryproprietorreferenceagent-157812adlib-agent-157812d6c503ac-f737-3861-9907-14fd8b4759bfWilliam Duesbury & Co.afterprintmakerreferenceagent-21616adlib-agent-21616554b0e21-665c-3c56-8b0c-dbcd596d9b26Callot, JacquesThis 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.referenceterm-106779adlib-term-106779f0706fcd-d94c-3987-bcb5-f7f794332b6a18th Century, Latereferenceterm-107437adlib-term-10743796f4b0d1-fc11-39ff-ae91-1b23d888d479George IIIreferenceterm-110521adlib-term-110521b57fb046-bca3-3371-a721-2093adc3a282literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralDerbyshireDerbyshireregionDerbyreferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazereferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainHeightcm17.8Widthcm9.9referenceterm-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurehistory noteUncertain before testator1referenceobject-82504adlib-object-82504d636132e-bf34-3e9f-aafd-c5b77300545b1reference1term-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurefigure1referenceobject-73489adlib-object-73489a8bc7e10-ea4e-3fd9-bd27-71ab48af7d931reference1term-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurefigurereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumRef. p. 175, no. 227, this dwarf and its companion were described as 'Pair of Grotesque Punches' in Haslem's 'Price List of Groups and Single Figures'175referencepublication-2850adlib-publication-2850d5dcd4d0-9032-35ca-b870-c7d2cb1b5ca6The Old Derby China FactoryCf. Vol. II, 1927, p. 38, no. 417 I, L'homme au ventre tombant, et a chapeau très élèvé. This corresponds to Fitzwilliam Museum print 24.I.9.76238referencepublication-1598adlib-publication-1598c2a3fa70-ea71-3b93-aece-db2ca71b4bddJacques CallotRef. pp. 312-3, no. 227 in Bradshaw's revised list of Derby figures. Bradshaw notes that Chelsea-Derby versions of the Dwarf often have lozenges on their garments, as this one does down the front of its jacket.312-3referencepublication-2845adlib-publication-2845aed83438-5cba-3d3d-914c-0603afed5d46Derby Porcelain Figures 1750-1848referenceterm-9010adlib-term-9010ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6Rococoobject namereferenceterm-76302adlib-term-76302deeace50-bc4e-334e-8d22-6c6a1fce26a1hatobject namereferenceterm-107518adlib-term-1075181bf31f04-1e45-3418-87e1-ed22ce822c17staffliteralhathatliteralstaffstaffreferenceterm-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurefiguresoft-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.referenceterm-28383adlib-term-283831abc8fbe-1c71-3b7c-8a53-64d9cc93199fslip castingreferenceterm-120062adlib-term-120062d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206lead-glazingMansion House Dwarfobject
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