Boy representing Painting or 'The Infant Artist'
Factory:
Vauxhall Porcelain Factory
(Probably)
Factory:
Longton Hall Porcelain Manufactory
(Former attribution)
Potter:
Littler, William
(Former attribution)
Soft-paste porcelain figure of a Boy representing Painting or 'The Infant Artist', decorated in polychrome enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain slip-cast, glazed, and painted onglaze in green, yellow, purplish-pink, red and brown. The infant artist stands on a scrolled base beside a tree stump. He holds his palette over his left arm and his paint brush in his right hand.
History note: Dr and Mrs Hugh Statham Collection; on Dr Statham's death in 1967 it remained in Mrs Hugh (Margaret) Statham's possession until her death in 1970; Miss Beryl Statham, by whom lent anonymously (Statham Loan 18-1970), and bequeathed in 1990. Accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax, and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 13.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (1992) by H.M. Government
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa
1756
CE
-
1760
CE
Attributed to Longton Hall on accession, but this model was tentatively associated with Vauxhall by Dr Bernard Watney in 1989, a view reiterated in 2014 by Roger Massey, a member of the English Ceramic Circle.
Decoration composed of enamels ( green, yellow, purplish-pink, red and brown)
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Slip-casting
: Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, glazed, and painted onglaze in green, yellow, purplish-pink, red and brown enamels
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.43-1992
Primary reference Number: 38170
Old loan number: Statham Loan 18-1970
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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