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An Actor, possibly David Garrick
Factory:
Vauxhall Porcelain Factory
(Probably)
Factory:
Longton Hall Porcelain Manufactory
(Former attribution)
Potter:
Littler, William
(Former attribution)
Soft-paste porcelain figure of an actor, possibly David Garrick, standing beside a pedestal
Soft-paste porcelain figure, an actor, possibly David Garrick. Glassy white soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, and lead-glazed. The actor stands with his left hand on his breast, his right resting on an open book which is supported on a waisted socle moulded with the mask of Tragedy; he is bare-headed, with a cloak flung loosely over his partially unbuttoned jacket and knee breeches. Supported on a rectangular, straight-sided slab base.
History note: Bought from Mr Frank Stoner, November 10th 1919, for £18-10s by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trintity College, Cambridge.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 20.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa
1756
CE
-
1760
CE
This figure was attributed to Longton Hall, but it has recently been suggested that it could have been made at the Vauxhall Porcelain Factory. A coloured example, now attributed to Vauxhall, is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, see Documentation, Schreiber Collection.
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Slip-casting
: Glassy, white soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast and lead-glazed
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.3087-1928
Primary reference Number: 38101
Old object number: 4225, vol. 24
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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