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Bacchus
Production: Unidentified Delft factory
Tin-glazed earthenware figure of Bacchus painted in blue, green, yellow, yellowish-brown, dark reddish-brown, and manganese-purple.
Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, yellowish-brown, dark reddish-brown, and manganese-purple. The figure stands on a circular mound base painted green with a yellowish-brown tree trunk at the back. It is convex underneath and has a ventilation hold under the tree stump. Bacchus stands in front of it with his left leg forward. His left arm is raised and he holds a bunch of grapes in his left hand. His right arm is extended a little to the side and he holds a yellow standing cup in that hand. His hair is yellow and on both sides of his head is decorated with grapes and leaves. He is nude apart from a manganese-purple cloak which is suspended from a reddish-brown strap over his right shoulder.
History note: Sotheby’s, 12 June 1906, part of lot 189, with three other figures, and two unrelated items; purchased for £1.10.0 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 18 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1780
CE
-
1880
CE
Although this figure and its companions bear the mark of Pieter Kocs who directed the Greek A Factory between 1701-22, they were probably made in the 19th century, or were made in the late 18th century and had the red mark applied to them overglaze in the 19th century
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow, yellowish-brown, reddish-brown, and manganese-purple)
Base
Diameter 5.8 cm
pale buff
Earthenware
slightly bluish
Tin-glaze
Moulding
: Pale buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed and painted in blue, green, yellow, yellowsh-brown, reddish-brown, and manganese-purple
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.2746A-1928
Primary reference Number: 74009
Old object number: 2426
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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