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The Spinario: C.808-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Spinario

Maker(s)

Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory (Probably)

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Description

White salt-glazed stoneware

White salt-glazed stoneware, the figure possibly slip-cast, the base press-moulded, and having a small round ventilation hole under the figure. The base is rectangular with incurved sides. Applied to its top is a shallow oval area of ground with on its left end a low stone or tree stump on which the Spinario is seated. He has shoulder-length hair curling back from his forehead, and is nude apart from a flower which conceals his genitals. He has his right leg outstretched and his left raised and bent at the knee so that the foot rests on his right thigh. He holds the foot with his left hand and pulls the thorn from the heel with his right.

Notes

History note: Mr A.E. Clarke, Cambridge; Cyril Andrade, Duke Street, St James's, London, from whom purchased in 1919 for £30 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 13.5 cm
Width: 14 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, third quarter#
George II
Circa 1755 CE - 1760 CE

Note

This figure was probably inspired by the bronze Spinario in the Palazzo dei Conservatori in Rome, or a later copy, although it sits on a lower stump and therefore has its right leg more outstretched than the original.

School or Style

Neoclassical

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Surface composed of salt-glaze
Base
Figure

Materials used in production

Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Salt-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.808-1928
Primary reference Number: 76131
Old object number: 4065
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 October 2021 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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