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Lady wearing a Sack: C.783-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

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Lady wearing a Sack

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery

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Description

Dark brown and white clay , partly marbled (solid agateware), incised, painted with dark brown slip, and salt-glazed. The lady stands facing front. Her hair is drawn back from her forehead into a low chignon at the back, and she has dark brown slip eyes. She wears a patterned skirt, and a bodice with wide ruffled sleeves, paniers and a short sack back (a pet-en-lair), Its frilled neckline is extremely décoletté, and shows the dark brown nipples of her breasts. The stomacher has criss-cross lacing. Her hands rest on the front of the paniers. The back of her head, shoulders and the top of the sack are coloured brown with slip.

Notes

History note: Mr. R. Morrell of 45 Gold Street and 60 Marefair, Northampton; Captain Price; Cyril Andrade, London, from whom purchased for £45 on 16 October 1916 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity Colelge, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Depth: 4.8 cm
Height: 11.3 cm
Length: 6.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa 1750 CE - 1760 CE

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of slip ( brown)
Surface composed of salt-glaze

Materials used in production

dark brown and white Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Dark brown and white marbled clays, press-moulded in two halves with a separate head, painted with dark brown slip, and salt-glazed

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: octagonal white paper stick-on label with black line border

  • Text: 4673/... salt-glaze/illegible/b. /Oct 16 1916
  • Location: Inside front of skirt
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in blue-black ink
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.783-1928
Primary reference Number: 76051
Old object number: 4673

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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