John Milton (1608-74)
Factory:
Derby Porcelain Factory
Proprietor:
Robert Bloor & Co.
Sculptor:
Scheemakers, Peter
(Possibly after)
Sculptor:
Cheere, John
(Probably after)
Bone china figure of John Milton standing beside a pedestal painted in enamels and gilded
Bone china (?) figure of John Milton, slip-cast, lead-glazed, and painted in green, yellow, pink, flesh, red, purple, brown, enamels and gilt. The unglazed underside has a large central ventialation hole through the glazed interior can be seen. The rectangular base has cut corners and fluted sides, with gold lines on the upper and lower edges. Milton stands on the left, with his left leg forward, leaning on his left elbow on a pile of three books resting on a semi-circular pedestal decorated in relief with the Expulsion from Paradise. He holds his cloak around him with his right hand, and in his left holds a scroll. He has long wavy brown hair, brown eyebrows, ruddy cheeks and a red mouth. He wears a close-fitting jacket with gold decoration down the front, and gold buttons; breeches with gold buttons and a band at the knee, and shoes with gold bows. His long cloak has a pink lining and gold edges. The pedestal has three gold lines round the top and one round the bottom. The books are red and yellow, purple, and dark green and gold. The scroll is inscribed indistinctly in gold capital letters:
History note: Uncertain before donor, Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA (St John's College, Cambridge)
Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA
Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 14 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1918-08-28) by Griffin, Ralph, MA, FSA
19th Century
George IV
Circa
1825
CE
-
1828
CE
This is a late example of a figure which was made on a low scrolled base in the late 1750s,and later on a rectangular base with cut corners and fluted sides. The model for Milton may have been derived from a terracotta by Peter Scheemakers, now lost, but known from his sale catalogue of 8 May 1756, in which it was lot 23. Alternatively it may be an original composition by John Cheere, by whom there is a 20" high bronzed plaster dated 1749, at York City Art Gallery. See Documentation, Friedman (1974) and Lippert (1987) Bone china replaced soft-paste porcelain at Derby at an unknown date between 1810-15, initially for useful wares.
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( green, yellow, pink, flesh, red, purple, brown)
gold
Base
Depth 7.6 cm
Width 11 cm
presumed lead-glaze
Lead-glaze
probably
Bone china
Slip-casting
: Bone china (?), slip-cast, lead-glazed, and painted in green, yellow, pink, flesh, red, purple, brown, enamels and gilt. The unglazed underside has a large central ventialation hole through the glazed interior can be seen.
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: a circular medallion with a crown in the centre and 'BLOOR/ DERBY' around it between concentric circles
Inscription present: Large script N in No. The 1 some distance away
Accession number: C.49B-1918
Primary reference Number: 42723
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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