IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 133229 accession number: C.93-1950 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 15 October 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain figure of a young man, probably slip-castand painted in pale blue, green, yellow, pale and dark pink, red, and a little brown, and gilt. The edge is partly 'dry-edged'. The middle of the underside is conically concave, and glaze, and in the centre has a circularventilation hole. The edge is unglazed with three patch marks, and three areas where it appears to have adhered to something during firing. The mound base is approximately cirular with a broad tree trunk at the back, and applied yellow and pink flowers and foliage on the top. The man sits on the stump with his right leg advanced slightly, and with both hands holds a shell dish on his thighs. His physique is slender, and he wears his hair tied back in a pale yellow bag with a pink flower on it. He has brown eyes, pale pink cheeks and a red mouth. He wears a white shirt with ruffles at the neck and wrists, a white waistcoat with gold edging and buttons; a white jacket with scattered floral sprays, a pink lining and cuffs, and gold buttons; and pale yellow breeches with gold buttons, knee bands, and a dark green rosette. His shoes are white with red heels and pompoms. The shell has pink edges, and is decorated inside with a floral bouquet, and two detached sprays. object type: Soft-paste porcelain figure of a young man, painted in polychrome enamels and gilt. title: figure NOTES ----- type: history note value: Unknown before Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/133229 PEOPLE ------------------- man SUBJECTS ------------------- shell flower shell flower TECHNIQUES ---------- Soft-paste porcelain, probably slip cast, and painted overglaze in pale blue, green, yellow, pale and dark pink, red, and a little brown enamels, and gilt moulding TECHNIQUES ---------- lead-glazing CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1753 - 1756 creation date earliest: 1753 creation date latest: 1756 culture: 18th Century, Mid culture: George II CREATORS -------- maker: Derby Porcelain Factory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 17.2 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Plagiarism Personified? European Pottery and Porcelain Figures CITATIONS -------- Plagiarism Personified? European Pottery and Porcelain Figures The Early Work of Planché and Duesbury Derby Porcelain Derby Porcelain, The Golden Years 1750-1770 Derby Porcelain Figures 1750-1848 Derby Figures 1756 to 1759 - The Pale Family Period ---