Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)
Titles
The Clown
Maker(s)
Potter:
Scott, Frank
Entities
Categories
Description
Buff fireclay with paler buff and brown details under transparent glaze
Buff fireclay, hand-modelled with paler buff and brown details under transparent glaze. The clown stands on an oval base. He is bow-legged and holds his left hand up to his left cheek. His right arm is stretched out to the side and rests on a hoop. He wears a pale buff clown's hat, a pale buff ruff and brown shoes. There is a brown bobble on his hat, three on his body, and one on each wrist and ankle. The hoop is covered with a pale buff skin which has been split by the samll long-eared dog which is jumping through it. The dog has a brown nose and wears a star-shaped ruff.
Notes
History note: Given by the potter through Mrs Audrey Blackman
Legal notes
Given by Mrs Audrey Blackman
Measurements and weight
Height: 15 cm
Place(s) associated
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1979-07-16)
by
Blackman, Audrey, Mrs
Dating
20th Century, second quarter#
Production date:
circa
AD 1936
Note
Inspired by salt-glazed stoneware pew groups.
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Base
Width 6.8 cm
Details
Materials used in production
buff and brown
Fireclay
clear
Glaze
Techniques used in production
Hand-modelling
: Buff fireclay, hand-modelled with paler buff and brown details under transparent glaze
Glazing
Inscription or legends present
- Text: Staffordshire knot with letters B S A in the spaces between the lines
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Incised
- Type: Mark
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.7-1979
Primary reference Number: 75912
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 23 March 2021
Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
