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Little Boy seated on a Goat
Production: Unidentified Delft factory
Earthenware figure of a little boy seated on a recumbent goat, tin-glazed and painted in green, yellow, and manganese-purple
Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, bluish-white, and painted in green, yellow, and manganese-purple. The glaze on the underside is uneven round the edge. The goat is seated on a rectangular base which has rounded corners, and wavy sides, and is hollow underneath. The boy is seated sideways on the goat with his left arm extended to the side, his right rests across his body, and his right foot is crossed over his left. The base and the boy's jacket are green. The goat's horns are yellow. The boy's cap, his features, his shoes are manganese-purple. The goat's head and body are dappled with manganese-purple.
History note: Not known before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 9.3 cm
Length: 7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, second half#
Circa
1760
CE
-
1785
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( green, yellow, and manganese-purple)
bluish-white
Tin-glaze
buff
Earthenware
Accession number: C.2766-1928
Primary reference Number: 74041
Old object number: 1165
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Little Boy seated on a Goat" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/74041 Accessed: 2024-11-05 12:27:33
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