Man holding a Cock or The Italian Farmer
Factory:
Derby Porcelain Factory
Proprietor:
William Duesbury & Co.
Soft-paste porcelain figure of a man holding a cock, standing in front of a flowering tree, soft-paste porcelain painted overglaze in enamels and gilt
Soft-paste porcelain figure of a man holding cock, slip-cast with applied moulded, and hand-modelled details, lead-glazed, and painted in turquoise, green, yellow, flesh, pink, red, purple, brown, and grey enamels, and gilt. The underside has a roughly circular ventilation hole at the back, and one patch mark. About three-quarters of the circumference has been ground down to flatten it.
The oval mound base has a C-scroll across the front, and at the back, a tree stump with on the right, a short branch with two yellow flowers and leaves, and on the left, a longer branch with four yellow flowers, an orange and purple convolvulus flower, and leaves.There is a yellow flower and leaves on the ground to its left. The man stands in front of the trunk with his right foot forward, and leans forward and to the viewer's left, with his head turned in that direction. He holds a cock in his right arm, and has a brown stick in his left hand. He has grey hair, brown eyes and eyebrows, and red lips. He wears a pale yellow hat with its brim turned up at the front and decorated with a purple flower, and two white feathers (one missing). His jacket is pink with a red collar and gold edges. His breeches are red with a design of yellow flowers and purple foliage in reserves edged with turquoise, and two moulded turquoise flowers applied on the outside of each leg. His shoes are pale yellow with a moulded purple flower on each. The scrolls on the base are picked out in gold and turquoise.
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA
Depth: 8.3 cm
Height: 20.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1918-08-28) by Griffin, Ralph, MA, FSA
18th Century, Mid#
George III
Circa
1760
-
1765
After a Meissen model, also copied at Doccia
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( turquoise, green, yellow, flesh, pink, red, purple, brown, and grey)
gold
Details
Main Parts
presumed lead-glaze
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Accession number: C.28-1918
Primary reference Number: 42709
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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