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Standing Monk or Friar
Factory: Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain figure of a Standing Monk or Friar, decorated in polychrome enamels, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, and covered on the visible surfaces with glassy and speckly lead-glaze, painted in red, pale brown, dark purplish-brown, and black enamels, and gilt. The underside of the circular low mound base is unglazed and has a central ventilation hole. The monk stands with his feet together, the right foot slightly advanced. He turns his head to his right, and holds up his right arm; his left is beside him with the hand pointing outwards. He has brown hair with a tonsure, a pale brown habit with a black belt, and a dark brown cape and cowl, and black shoes with gold buckles.
History note: Mr Geneen or Geneer, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, from whom purchased on 18 April 1921 for £11.10 with its pair by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher.
Bequeathed by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher
Height: 16.5 cm
Width: 8.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Production date:
circa
AD 1755
Decoration composed of enamels ( red, pale brown, dark purplish-brown, and black) gold
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
presumed phosphatic
Soft-paste porcelain
Press-moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, and covered on the visible surfaces with glassy and speckly lead-glaze, painted in red, pale brown, dark purplish-brown, and black enamels, and gilt
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.3050A-1928
Primary reference Number: 41594
Glaisher MS Catalogue: 3803, vol. 19
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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