Boy with a Jug and Cup, known as The Toper
Factory: Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a boy, press-moulded, and glazed on the visible surfaces.
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a boy, press-moulded, and lead-glazed on the visible surfaces. The closed underside has a central ventilation hole. The figure is supported on an almost round low mound base with a tree trunk at the back. The boy sits on the trunk with his left leg forward and his right leg behind him. He supports a tankard on the stump with his left hand and has his right arm across his body holding up a cup. He looks over his arm towards the viewer. He wears a soft conical hat, a ruffle round his neck, a jacket with many buttons, breeches, and buckled shoes. There is a tankard on the tree stump behind him, and on the base there are three ninepins, a ball, a jug with a spoon handle projecting from it, and a pipe.
History note: Dr and Mrs Hugh Statham; Dr Statham died 1967; Mrs Statham died 1970; their daughter, Miss Beryl Statham by whom lent anonymously in 1970. Bequeathed by Miss Statham, 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 1990 in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 12.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (1990) by H.M. Government
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa
1750
-
1754
Decoration composed of lead-glaze ( presumed lead)
presumed phosphatic and containing bone ash Soft-paste porcelain
Press-moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, and lead-glazed on the visible surfaces
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.14-1992
Primary reference Number: 42327
Old loan number: Statham Loan 7-1970
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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