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Watch Stand with figures of a Boy and Dog
Factory: Unidentified Nevers factory (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in polychrome high-temperature colours
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, olive-green, yellow, manganese-purple, purple, pale and dark brown. The rectangular base is open underneath and is decorated on top to resemble a grassy mound. The circular watch holder with a rococo frilled and scrolled edge is supported by a branch of scrollwork and a tree trunk growing upwards from the viewer's left of the base. A barefooted boy holding a blue ball in his right hand and pointing upwards with his left hand sits on the mound with his back to the tree trunk. He wears a white shirt, manganese-purple jacket and pale brown breeches, His yellow broad-brimmed hat trimmed with ribbons lies on the ground to the left. A small white dog with purple and brown patches dog sits to the right of him.
History note: Unknown owner in Bordeaux; purchased from Monsieur Gulien (?) in Biarritz for equivalent of £7 in 1904 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 24.5 cm
Width: 17.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
Louis XV
Production date:
circa
AD 1760
The attribution is uncertain
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, olive-green, yellow, manganese-purple, purple, pale yellowish-brown, and dark brown)
Moulding
: Earthenware, moulded in parts, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, olive-green, yellow, manganese-purple, purple, pale yellowish-brown and dark brown high-temperature colours
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.2330-1928
Primary reference Number: 73368
Old object number: 2211
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Watch Stand with figures of a Boy and Dog" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73368 Accessed: 2024-11-25 01:14:20
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