Skip to main content

I See You My Boy: GPL.122-1928

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

I See You My Boy

Maker(s)

Factory: F. & R. Pratt & Co.
Engraver: Payne, Albert Henry (After)
Engraver: Austin, Jesse

Entities

Categories

Description

White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print. Circular. On the top 'I See You My Boy', from an engraving by A.H. Payne after Giradet, inscribed 'I SEE YOU MY BOY'; border Fig. VIII k; (Williams-Wood, p. 103), initialled 'JA'.

Notes

History note: Possibly bought from Stanley Woolston

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 10.7 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Fenton ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

19th Century, Mid-Late
Victoria I
Circa 1860 CE - 1900 CE

Note

From an engraving by A.H. Payne after Giradet.

School or Style

Victorian

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration

Materials used in production

Glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print
Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 248/AUG.7.1924/W
  • Method of creation: Inscribed
  • Type: Label
  • Text: I SEE YOU MY BOY
  • Location: On top of pot-lid
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Text: JA
  • Location: On top of pot-lid
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Initials

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: GPL.122-1928
Primary reference Number: 14832
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "I See You My Boy" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/14832 Accessed: 2024-03-29 14:48:24

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/14832 |title=I See You My Boy |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-03-29 14:48:24|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-14832

More objects and works of art you might like

Or any other man

Accession Number: P.14412-R-40

Valentine card

Accession Number: P.14345-R-40

Valentine card

Accession Number: P.14346-R-34

Valentine card

Accession Number: P.14416-R-1

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

You might be interested in this...

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...