15929841860001312637261000Standard Recordobject-42161170206257899814852598580001702062267509fitz-onlineadlib-object-42161https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/42161132d00d8-f314-39b7-94d3-27a032b838fb4personreferenceagent-157740adlib-agent-15774083fd2c06-5add-3f8d-a209-38bed2aca478fortune tellerpersonreferenceagent-149882adlib-agent-1498827e8a7980-d55c-3efa-af00-898345039315girlreferenceterm-37642adlib-term-376428f36efe3-4fe1-3da2-9944-000db5687ad7porcelainreferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelaingreyish-blue, turquoise-green, green, pale yellow, orange, dark pink, puce, and blackreferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationin greyish-blue, turquoise-green, green, pale yellow, orange, dark pink, puce, and black enamelsreferenceterm-120086adlib-term-120086cdecca31-5ec3-3fe3-9e5d-455d9771fda5painting overglazereferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingHeightcm17.1Girlreferenceterm-110350adlib-term-110350ab450de1-5dfc-3514-9493-1f724d7255a7trade/occupationApplied ArtsSoft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure group of The Fortune Teller, press-moulded, and painted overglaze in polychrome enamels, and gilt.Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure group of The Fortune Teller, press-moulded, and painted over lead-glaze in very pale greyish-blue, turquoise-green, green, pale yellow, orange, dark pink, puce, and black enamels, and gilt. The figures stand side by side on a low rocky base which rises up in the centre of the back to support them. The bearded fortune teller stands on the left with feet apart, bending over the right hand of the young woman, which he holds by the wrist in his left hand. The girl stands on the right with her left arm by her side, holding a now missing object. Between them is a rectangular object, perhaps a book. The fortune teller wears a wreath of leaves and berries on his head, a dark pink coat with yellow lining, turquoise breeches, and black boots with a gold border at the top. She has three flowers on top of her head, and wears a petticoat decorated with turquoise flowers and puce and gold leaves, a yellow open robe with an orange stomacher and cuffs, and a trailing garland of flowers and leaves passing over her right shoulder and diagonally across her back to her waist. The visible shoe is orange. There are two areas of green on the back of the base.F11referenceexhibition-1070adlib-exhibition-10702cb713dc-899f-35df-9c15-515a05f38d48Plagiarism Personified? European Pottery and Porcelain FiguresC.81-19501accession numberC.81-195042161priref42161urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/42161https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/42161referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Mrs W.D. Dicksonreferenceagent-180712adlib-agent-180712855e3948-593a-3b3c-9d66-028df74284feDickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs195019091950-09givenEntry date: 1950-0917521752CE1752circa1752175511755CE17551755factoryreferenceagent-157665adlib-agent-157665b68c5501-4b5f-39e8-8048-c9b58de684e3Bow Porcelain Manufactorymodellerreferenceagent-157761adlib-agent-1577614f7b836f-9866-32e3-8af0-1b00757769fc'The Muses Modeller'afterprinterreferenceagent-5329adlib-agent-5329503dfe3c-72a9-3e1a-b4c8-0fa0866941d3Aveline, Pierre Alexandreafterpainterreferenceagent-15990adlib-agent-15990107edb04-2d95-3069-8eeb-357a5446b52eBoucher, FrançoisThe group was derived from a print announced in the Mercure in April, 1738 by Pierre Alexandre Aveline (1702-60) after the painting 'La bonne aventure' by François Boucher (1703-77) for a Beauvais tapestry in the series 'The Italian Village Scenes'. A copy of the etched and engraved print is in the Victoria & Albert Museum (E.213-1889, Print Room, Box F.5.a). However, as the Bow figures are not transposed as they are in the print.referenceterm-106496adlib-term-106496bd563695-7339-3178-a8c4-25189907099318th Century, Mid#referenceterm-107736adlib-term-107736e93a8dd1-d76d-320b-be9b-afa352e322a1George IIreferenceterm-110490adlib-term-110490bb9026c5-22c6-3c07-8c4c-b6817acc50c4literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralEssexEssexregionStratford-le-Bowpresumed leadreferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazepresumed phosphaticreferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainLengthcm14.2referenceterm-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure grouphistory noteUnknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouthreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. pp. 40-1, F11pp. 40-1referencepublication-992adlib-publication-992e26b9de8-5607-3d6e-82c1-bba7d8cb57c4Plagiarism Personified? European Pottery and Porcelain FiguresPubl. p. 115, pl. 42p. 115referencepublication-2688adlib-publication-26882634db86-6ad0-3838-a637-0970bac11a83Bow PorcelainRef. A painted copy of the original, is illustrated in pl. 16; the printed source pl. 17
Cf. A white example then in the E.M.H. Cross Collection, see p. 6, no. 7 and pl. 15p. 6referencepublication-2819adlib-publication-2819d6e4e484-0b62-36cc-87b4-dadb33811c29Transactions of the English Ceramic CircleRef. The possible printed source of the design see p. 82, no. 223 and pl. p. 84.p. 82referencepublication-2818adlib-publication-2818db8fbf49-8ea5-32f3-b2b0-a5bfec860e55L'oeuvre gravé de François Boucher dans la collection Edmond de RothschildRef. This model is A49 in Bradshaw's list of Bow figures, see p. 91. For the mark, see pp. 42-3. He notes that the use of this mark became more common after about 1762.
Cf. A coloured example, p. 76, pl. 42pp. 42, 91referencepublication-2758adlib-publication-2758aae1cefe-a8f4-3d0e-b8c5-0b213fcd157bBow Porcelain Figures circa 1748-1774referencepublication-2583adlib-publication-2583a03a57f2-ff44-35e5-a713-47a246c085b318th-Century English PorcelainCf. A coloured example in the British Museum, p. 95, fig. IV, the figure, fig. V., the engraving, and p. 96, fig. VI, a detail of the painting.pp. 95-6referencepublication-200000889adlib-publication-200000889ce779f73-b184-3b15-8ceb-62ee3cdc5b30Some Consequences of the Bow Porcelain Special Exhibition, Part I: The Alderman Arnold Period (Nov 1748-March 1750)referencepublication-2779adlib-publication-27798cbdf779-106f-3416-9f27-58cc6fb9f45cChelsea, Bow and Derby Porcelain FiguresCf. A coloured example, see p. 127, no. 196. From the Aubrey Toppin collection, sold Sotheby's, 19th May 1970, English Porcelain, lot 1; anonymous, Bonhams, 25th March 1977, lot 73. Exhibited in the English Ceramic Circle Exhibition, 1948, pl. 36, no. 163p. 127referencepublication-2678adlib-publication-2678d747a7ce-aa62-3337-b66f-befcaea7a0d9Bow Porcelain: The Collection formed by Geoffrey FreemanCf. pp. 88-9, a coloured example in the Trevelyan Collection, Wallington, Northumberland; p. 89 colour illustration; p. 88 text and fig. 1 the print by Aveline, and fig. 2 a detail showing the book with diagram, which is a unique feature of this model. The group is no. 158 in house list of ceramics.88-9referencepublication-8407adlib-publication-8407c2ab7f09-de03-38d7-b05a-2d9deb284d12Ceramics. 400 Years of British Collecting in 100 MasterpiecesCf. A coloured example, p. 32, lot 164. Estimate £2-3,000; fetched £2,160 (including buyer's premium).p. 32referencepublication-2821adlib-publication-282133ea618d-8224-3aa4-960e-3b7c3fbe217aEnglish Pottery and Porcelain and 19th Century Ceramics, 13th June 1983Cf. A coloured example, p. 133, lot 188. Fetched £13,200 inc. 10%; sold again Christie's, 18th May 1992, British Ceramics, p. 18, lot 38. Fetched £9,900.p. 133referencepublication-2691adlib-publication-26913d75efb0-6db1-3082-8ef8-48048ae1fef5The Rous Lench Collection, Volume One, English Pottery and PorcelainCf. p. 18, lot 38, sold previously at the Sale of the Rous Lench Collection, 1st July 1986, p. 133p. 18referencepublication-2820adlib-publication-2820201be459-fefb-31ca-9cf1-75ae755c12f6British Ceramics, 18th May 1992Cf. A coloured example, pp. 52-3, lot 185. Estimate £2-4,000; fetched £6,325 (including buyer's premium).pp. 52-3referencepublication-2013adlib-publication-20132d916934-cbcd-34c4-8f7e-620adca3ab76English and Continental Ceramics and Glass, 15th November 1994Cf. No. 76, a coloured example, dated c. 1752, formerly sold by Christie's, 13 June 1983, lot 164, and now belonging to the London Borough of Newham.89referencepublication-2842adlib-publication-2842e7ad7690-e595-3b11-86e7-09cf962c8daeMade at New Canton, Bow Porcelain from the Collection of the London Borough of NewhamAnother coloured example. Estimate £8-12,00024171referencepublication-2557adlib-publication-25574a59edab-59cc-33e3-8f9d-ea6ba4d8a4a7Fine British Ceramicsreferenceterm-9010adlib-term-9010ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6Rococoobject namereferenceterm-109779adlib-term-10977997366b6e-3308-3da7-bfe7-195c4dc9e54bwreathactivityreferenceterm-110237adlib-term-110237be1cd311-82be-324d-8a1b-4fc07f21aa71fox huntingliteralwreathwreathliteralfox huntingfox huntingreferenceterm-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure groupfigure groupSoft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, and painted overglaze in polychrome enamels, and giltreferenceterm-120085adlib-term-12008568c62b7c-aaf4-38a5-a1be-4d6c615c0714press-mouldingreferenceterm-27616adlib-term-2761661e6a95d-84c8-3893-b6c8-213392262987glazing (coating)The Fortune Tellerobject
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