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Jenny Lind (as 'Marie')
White earthenware moulded in three parts and pearlware glazed. Painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with black, red, green, pink and flesh-pink enamels, and gilt.
The oval base is flattened to a half-hexagon at the front and lettered ‘MD Lind’ in gilt script, with three gilt strokes to either side. The figure is well coloured. Jenny Lind stands with her right hand raised to her green hat. She wears a blue jacket with a gilt-edged white collar. Her skirt has broad pink stripes, gold buttons down the front and additional decoration lines in black. She wears red boots and her green hat has a thin black band. The underside is concave and glazed, with a central vent hole (covered by a label). The back is moulded, but decorated only above the waist.
History note: 109 S. 15th Street Philadelphia U.S.A, bought on 23 April 1910, for $4, by Dr Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L.Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 6.2 cm
Depth: 2.375 in
Height: 20 cm
Height: 7.875 in
Width: 7.6 cm
Width: 3 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, Mid#
Victoria I
Production date:
circa
AD 1847
Decoration composed of enamels ( black, red, green, pink and flesh-pink) underglaze cobalt-blue gold
Press moulding
: White earthenware moulded in three parts and pearlware glazed. Painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with black, red, green, pink and flesh-pink enamels, and gilt. The underside is concave and glazed, with a central vent hole (covered by a label). The back is moulded, but decorated only above the waist.
Painting
Lead-glazing
Gilding
Inscription present: gilt script, with three gilt strokes to either side
Inscription present: rectangular paper label, faded ink
Accession number: C.1003-1928
Primary reference Number: 71123
Old object number: 3140
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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