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Reclining Man, perhaps an Actor
Factory:
Vauxhall Porcelain Factory
Factory:
Longton Hall Porcelain Manufactory
(Former attribution)
Proprietor:
Littler, William
(Former attribution)
Soft-paste porcelain figure of a Reclining Man, painted underglaze in 'Littler's blue', and onglaze with polychrome enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain figure of a reclining man, slip-cast, painted underglaze in 'Littler's blue', and onglaze with green, yellow, pink, puce, red, brown, and black enamels. The uneven underside is glazed beneath the edge, and unglazed in the middle where there is a circular ventilation hole, and two firing cracks. The man reclines against a rock on shaped, rococo scroll-edged base with an applied rose and three leaves between his feet. He holds a basket in his left hand, his right hand raised. He has brown hair, eyebrows, and eyes, ruddy cheeks, and red lips. He wears a shirt with ruffles at the cuffs, a blue jacket lined with white, a pink waistcoat decorated with puce embroidery, yellow breeches, and black shoes. The scroll-edged base is picked out in red and puce, the back of the rock is washed in green.
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth.
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Height: 16.0 cm
Length: 11.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1932) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa
1756
CE
-
1760
CE
This model was attributed to Longton Hall but it has recently been suggested that figures with similar characteristicks were made at the Vauxhall Porcelalin Factory. Another example is in the Schreiber Collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum, 414:679-1885
Decoration composed of cobalt-blue ( 'Littler's blue') enamels ( red, pink, yellow, green, brown, and black)
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Press-moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, painted underglaze in Littler's blue, and onglaze with red, pink, yellow, green, brown, and black enamels
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.148-1932
Primary reference Number: 38118
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: GR.64.1984
Accession Number: GR.1.2002
Accession Number: O.236-2008
Accession Number: PD.19-1951
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