IDENTIFIERS
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id:	71191
accession number:	C.1028-1928

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 18 December 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Prince Albert stands erect in front of a rock. The oval base has ‘PRINCE’, in raised and gilded capitals, above an incised line. The figure is mainly white, with features picked out in enamels and gilt. His long jacket is edged and decorated in gilt, with gold buttons. His right hand is slightly raised and holds a yellow glove, his left is yellow-gloved and carries a top hat . His cravat and shoes are black. He wears a moustache.   The underside is concave and glazed. The back is moulded, with a vent hole 8.5cm from the bottom.
object type: White earthenware figure moulded in three parts and pearlware glazed. Painted with black, grey, yellow, red and flesh-pink enamels, and gilt.
title:	figure

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Bury St Edmunds; bought for five shillings in 1908, by Dr Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	J. W. L. Glaisher
creditline: Dr J.W.L.Glaisher Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71191

PEOPLE
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Queen Victoria
Princess Alexandra of Denmark
Prince Albert Edward
Prince of Wales
Edward VII (1901-10)




TECHNIQUES
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White earthenware moulded in three parts and pearlware glazed. Painted with black, grey, yellow, red and flesh-pink enamels, and gilt. The underside is concave and glazed. The back is moulded, with a vent hole 8.5cm from the bottom.
press moulding
TECHNIQUES
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painting
TECHNIQUES
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lead-glazing
TECHNIQUES
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gilding

CATEGORIES
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category: lead-glazed earthenware

DATING
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creation date:	1863 - 1863
creation date earliest:	1863
creation date latest:	1863
culture:	19th Century, Mid#
culture:	Victorian

CREATORS
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maker: Unidentified factory

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 8

dimension: Depth
units: in
value: 3.125

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 24.7

dimension: Height
units: in
value: 9.75

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 10.5

dimension: Width
units: in
value: 4.125



CITATIONS
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Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
Staffordshire Portrait Figures and Allied Subjects of the Victorian Era
Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875, Book One: portraits, naval & military, theatrical & literary characters
Staffordshire Chimney Ornaments
Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Age
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