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Woman, perhaps Eve: C.796-1928

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Current Location: In storage

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Woman, perhaps Eve

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory (Probably)

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Description

Press-moulded white stoneware with manganese-brown slip eyes and nipples, and salt-glaze. The woman stands facing towards the viewer, supported on a circular base with lozenge motifs impressed into its sides. She is nude apart from a ribbed headdress, and a very brief skirt around her hips, and holds a fruit close to her body in her right hand. The lower part of her legs and feet are concealed by a tree-like support rising from the front of the base.

Notes

History note: Mr Stoner, London, from whom purchased on 15 May 1913 for £7.10s.0d. by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 9.5 cm
Width: 3.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

1740s
Circa 1745 - 1750

Components of the work

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

Materials used in production

Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : White stoneware, press-moulded, with brown slip details, and salt glaze
Salt-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.796-1928
Primary reference Number: 76070
Old object number: 3727

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 4 August 2025

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

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