Figure group: C.1971-1928

Entities

• Figure group

Categories

• Lead-glazed earthenware

Description

Earthenware group of a man, a woman and a little boy leaning over a barrel standing on an oval base, glazed pinkish-cream overall

Pale buff earthenware, press-moulded, and coated overall with opaque pinkish-cream glaze, except for the underside of the edge. The oval base is slightly domed and has stones in relief on the viewer's left end and an applied spray of foliage in relief on the viewer's right end. Its underside is strengthened by four struts meeting in the middle, and there are two large ventilation holes in front of the central two supports. A man, a woman and a little boy are leaning over a large barrel which stands in the middle of the base. The man stands behind it, holding a beaker (or a bung) in his right hand, and looking to the viewer's left. He leans forward and rests his left hand on the back of his wife, who bends over the cask to gauge the contents. A little boy stands on a stone at the viewer's left end of the barrel and has his right arm over it to support himself. All three wear hats with shallow crowns and broad brims. The man wears baggy knee-length breeches and a three-quarter length coat. The woman has a square-necked jacket, and a long full skirt. The boy has long baggy trousers and a waist length jacket.

Notes

History note: Herr Gubler (antique dealer in Zurich); his posthumous sale, Zurich, 27 November 1911, lot 138, catalogue Plate XII; bought by Herr Messikommer for 100 francs ( + 10 for bidding) on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Late
19th Century, Early
Circa 1780 - 1810