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Apollo
Factory: Derby Porcelain Factory
Figure of Apollo playing a lyre, soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gitl.
Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, and painted over lead-glaze in green, pale yellow, pale flesh pink, two shades of pink, pale purple, red, reddish-brown, and black enamels, and gilt. The unglazed underside has four patch marks, and a large circular ventilation hole. The base is square with cut corners, moulded edges and fluted sides, and apart from a gilt band round the upper edge, is undecorated. On the left at the back there is the lower part of a fluted column, coloured pink. Apollo stands beside it on his right leg, with his left leg relaxed at the knee and the foot extended behind him. His head is turned to his left, and he holds a lyre in his left hand and is about to pluck it with his right. He has a green laurel wreath over his wavy dark grey hair, and wears a long pale yellow tunic semé with red dots and decorated with a purple floral design. The cowl neck is red, and the edges are gold. He has a long pink cloak, and reddish-brown sandals. The lyre is reddish-brown and gold.
History note: Purchased from P.A. Yarwood, 11 Christchurch Road, Bournemouth for £7.10s. on 22 June,1915 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 24.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late
Circa
1780
-
1800
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( green, a little yellow, flesh-pink, red, brown, and a little black)
lead-glaze
gold
Base
Width 7.7 cm
Slip-casting : Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, and painted over lead-glaze in green, pale yellow, pale flesh pink, two shades of pink, pale purple, red, reddish-brown, and black enamels, and gilt
Inscription present: script N
Accession number: C.3081-1928
Primary reference Number: 43443
Old object number: 4217
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Apollo" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/43443 Accessed: 2024-12-18 17:23:55
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