Pedlar
Factory: Imperial Porcelain Factory
Hard-paste porcelain figure of a pedlar painted n enamels and gilt
Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, glazed, and painted in pale blue, pale yellow, yellowish-green, pink, dark flesh pink, puce, red, purple, pale brown, grey, and black enamels, and gilded. The middle of the underside is glazed, and the outer edge unglazed. There is a small round ventilation hole near the back. The low base is of rounded square form, narrower at the back than at the front. The top is undecorated and round the edge is a scalloped gold border with spots above the cusps. It rises up at the back into a pale sandy-brown trunk with gold hinges. The pedlar stands on his right leg with the left advanced, looking towards the viewer. He supports a tray of trinkets with his right hand, and holds his left by his side. He has ruddy cheeks, red lips and grey hair, and wears a black peaked cap and necktie, a pale yellow coat, long pink waistcoat with white reveres, pink breeches, and black shoes with green pom-poms. A green and white marbled box with lid raised is suspended at waist level from a pale blue strap. It contains two rectangular, one round, and two cylindrical boxes, each decorated with stylized floral motifs in red and pink, and a black pincushion (?) on a red ribbon and a green one on a purple ribbon
History note: Uncertain before donor
Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA
Depth: 8.2 cm
Width: 8.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1918-08-28) by Griffin, Ralph
Circa 1765 CE - 1770 CE
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( pale blue, pale yellow, yellowish-green, pink, dark flesh pink, puce, red, purple, pale brown, grey, and black)
gold
Whole`
Height 20.2 cm
clear; except for edcge of base
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Press-moulding
: Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, glazed, and painted in pale blue, pale yellow, yellowish-green, pink, dark flesh pink, puce, red, purple, pale brown, grey, and black enamels, and gilded. The middle of the underside is glazed, and the outer edge unglazed. There is a small round ventilation hole near the back.
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: a shield
Accession number: C.182-1918
Primary reference Number: 140147
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: 2060
Accession Number: P.14895-R
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