15929965980001312637261000Standard Recordobject-71192170292701121017029085090001702926927811fitz-onlineadlib-object-71192https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/7119248c67c96-89b5-34f4-8b8d-cb03e6ef67c66referenceagent-188280adlib-agent-188280cbed0951-5e3a-36ce-8646-0142a109aa91Alexander II, Tsar of Russiareferenceagent-180305adlib-agent-1803054ee38b5d-725e-3655-961d-df26796ecd04Alfred, Princereferenceagent-188279adlib-agent-1882793ca99a66-7bb8-3c44-ba3c-72e506bd2281Edinburgh, Duke ofreferenceagent-151398adlib-agent-151398bb2cd0a1-0a27-3787-a684-475d3b199972Victoria (1837-1901)personreferenceagent-188278adlib-agent-188278ef91335b-db16-3817-83c3-0f8d3bce654bEdinburgh, Duchess ofpersonreferenceagent-188277adlib-agent-1882770c9198ee-b981-3901-be8e-a7a7d0e6445eMarie Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russiareferenceterm-108657adlib-term-108657c170cd8e-fc63-3446-81a4-6682b5979808lead-glazed earthenwarereferenceterm-113184adlib-term-11318425fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043J. W. L. Glaisherblack, brown, red, green, blue, purple and flesh-pinkreferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationreferenceterm-98112adlib-term-9811232d115a4-d3ac-33b0-b126-2a3da0fdf139portraitApplied ArtsWhite earthenware, moulded in three parts and lead-glazed. Painted with black, brown, red, green, blue, purple and flesh-pink enamels, and gilt.201120112011-11-01The oval base is inscribed 'quote Duchess of Edinburgh' in gilt script. The Duchess stands on rough ground, her left hand at her waist, her right holding a purse. The figure is mainly white, with features picked out in enamels and gilt. She wears a crown and veil, a necklace, a green sash and gold star, and a dress with full sleeves and a scoop neck edged in gilt. Her three tier flounced skirt is decorated with finely painted green and purple flowers and edged in red, a black shoe shows from under its hem. Her purse is decorated with a tiny pattern in blue. Her hair is brown, her eyes blue, and her brown eyebrows fine painted. The underside is concave and glazed. The back is moulded but undecorated, with a vent hole 14.5cm from the bottom.C.1029-19281accession numberC.1029-192871192priref71192190919091909old object number2991urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71192https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71192inscribed ‘Duchess of Edinburgh’ in gilt scriptfront of basepaintingDuchess of Edinburghtitlereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumDr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequestreferenceagent-152564adlib-agent-152564c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr192819281928bequeathedEntry date: 1928-12-071874CE1874circa1874perhapsproductionreferenceagent-187784adlib-agent-1877845027cb9e-24f0-335d-9d5c-e0aefb240830Sampson SmithGrand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna, Duchess of Edinburgh (1853-1900) was the only daughter of Tsar Alexander II of Russia. She married Queen Victoria’s second son, Prince Alfred, in 1874 at the Winter Palace, St Petersburg. A companion figure of Prince Alfred exists, though it is not in the Fitzwilliam collection. As Marie wears a veil, it is likely that the pair of figures was made to commemorate the royal wedding in 1874.Rackham (1935) lists this figure as of a type made chiefly by Sampson Smith at Longton, a factory listed in contemporary directories as a ‘manufacturer of figures in great variety’, which began around 1851. The firm continued to make figures in quantity into the early part of the twentieth century, and again from 1948 when a number of original moulds were found on site. Sampson Smith figures were rarely marked, and there were many other manufacturers of figures working in Staffordshire at this time. However, this figure shares a number of features with figures known to come from the factory. It is simply moulded in three parts; it has a plain oval base; and the figure stands on rough ground supported by a wall. Moreover, as Pugh (1970) has noted, its size, style, base and titling are very similar to those of certain other 17 to18 inch figures, notably the Duke of Edinburgh (pair to the Duchess), Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales, and strongly resemble a 17 in mould for Dwight Lyman Moody found at the Samson Smith factory in 1948. Thus, it seems likely that this is a Sampson Smith figure.referenceterm-109672adlib-term-109672a788e98b-c8a4-313c-9617-1a812228e86419th Century, Mid#referenceterm-120127adlib-term-120127ee2ddbd4-503c-30f5-8cf9-3c2d121bd315Victoria Ireferenceterm-107611adlib-term-107611790e5a19-a186-34d5-a16e-2d8dff9f6247white earthenwarereferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazeDepthcm14.5Depthin5.75Heightcm44.5Heightin17.5Widthcm17.8Widthin7referencemedia-34063adlib-media-3406332f70c28-5ef8-38fc-b90b-397d57a2fd55jpegaa/aa2/C_1029_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57017029264523231imagejpegaa/aa2/mid_C_1029_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels649widthpixels50017029264523231imagejpegaa/aa2/C_1029_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57017029264523231imagejpegaa/aa2/preview_C_1029_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels325widthpixels25017029264523231image0media
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imagereferenceterm-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figureobject namereferenceterm-130674adlib-term-1306742728ba11-801b-318a-8f24-c6f4b99f08e3Victorian Staffordshire figurecategoryreferenceterm-130678adlib-term-130678c683fbc6-ba3a-3ab1-b2f5-41493ff3588dflat-backed figurecategoryhistory noteLondon Opinion Curio Club, Regent St, London. Bought on 15 May 1909 for 30/- (thirty shillings) by Dr Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Vol. I, p.132, no. 1029132referencepublication-1031adlib-publication-1031a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55edCatalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgeCf. Plate A79, Fig.231: a very similar figure, though with different decoration to the skirt and with coloured veil. Also, Fig.234, a differently moulded figure of the Duchess, on a different base and without the veil. Both figures are shown as a pair with a matching figure of Prince Alfred, the Duke of Edinburgh.165referencepublication-3585adlib-publication-3585784308ef-9535-3132-970c-45af8a273a64Staffordshire Portrait Figures and Allied Subjects of the Victorian EraCf. Fig.714: a very similarly moulded and titled figure, but with a green veil, blue edging to the skirt, pink sash and with gilt flower decorations to the skirt. Shown with Prince Alfred, the Duke of Edinburgh.207referencepublication-7227adlib-publication-72276dc55e19-7dee-3713-a8a4-c81f86e35351Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875, Book One: portraits, naval & military, theatrical & literary charactersreferencepublication-7239adlib-publication-7239857e9745-a48f-3c6e-9927-ed50a101ae74Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Agereferencepublication-7217adlib-publication-7217c1860f2b-473e-3562-a129-4344ff68ed22Staffordshire Portrait Figuresreferenceterm-15214adlib-term-15214744af2c4-a2f2-37ad-bbf4-2cd00e91ed9bVictorianreferenceterm-2000adlib-term-20008a898be3-6889-3daa-8ff2-ba9934f8db73marriagereferenceterm-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurefigureWhite earthenware, moulded in three parts and lead-glazed. Painted with black, brown, red, green, blue, purple and flesh-pink enamels, and gilt. The underside is concave and glazed. The back is moulded but undecorated, with a vent hole 14.5cm from the bottom.referenceterm-130724adlib-term-13072494dc0522-7bb7-3aa7-a884-0878f90b9d28press mouldingreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-120062adlib-term-120062d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206lead-glazingreferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingDuchess of Edinburghobject
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