Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Titles
Bull
Maker(s)
Factory:
Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Entities
Categories
Description
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a Bull, press-moulded, and lead-glazed overall except for the outer edge of the concave underside.
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a Bull, press-moulded, and lead-glazed overall except for the outer edge of the concave underside. The bull stands in front of a tree stump on an approximately oval base, and decorated on the top with two applied flowers surrounded by five leaves on the front, and with an applied flower surrounded by four leaves on the left beside the bull's front feet. At the back, near the bottom of the tree stump, there is a square hole to take an attachment. The stump divides into a short and a longer branch, the latter originally having a further branch. The bull stands with its feet together in profile to left, with its head turned very slightly towards the viewer, and its tail hanging down between its hind legs.
Notes
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 (Statham Loan 16-1970). Bequeathed by Miss Statham, 1990, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Legal notes
Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M.Government in 1990 in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Measurements and weight
Height: 12.5 cm
Length: 16.3 cm
Place(s) associated
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Stratford-le-Bow
⪼ Essex
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Allocated
(1990)
by
H.M. Government
Dating
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Production date:
circa
AD 1755
School or Style
Rococo
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
lead-glaze
( presumed lead)
Materials used in production
presumed phosphatic and containing bone ash
Soft-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Press-moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, and lglazed overall except for the outer edge of the concave underside
Glazing (coating)
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.21-1992
Primary reference Number: 42392
Old object number: Statham Loan 16-1970
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 29 January 2019
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
