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Lady
Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
Cream earthenware decorated with oxide colours under lead-glaze
Dark cream earthenware, press-moulded, and decorated with streaks of greyish-blue, green, yellow and manganese-brown oxide colours under lead glaze. The lady stands on a shallow heart-shaped base with a low cylindrical support at the back. She faces towards the viewer with her feet neatly placed a little apart. She wears an open robe with a decolleté neckline,. yellow robings, and elbow-length sleeves with flounces, a stomacher, and a three tiered petticoat. She rests her lower arms on the top of the skirt which is extended at the sides by an elongated hoop worn underneath. Her eyes and shoes are dark brown.
History note: Bryan T. Harland, Croydon; sold Puttick & Simpson, London, 12 October 1923, A fine collection of Ralph Wood, Whieldon and Astbury pottery, the property of Bryan T. Harland Esq., F.S.A., J.P., who is changing his residence, lot 168; purchased for 150 guineas (£157 10s.) by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 7.2 cm
Height: 12.5 cm
Width: 10.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
George II or George III
Circa
1750
-
1770
This figure was attributed to Thomas Whieldon in Rackham's Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection (1935) , but could have been made by other potters in north Staffordshire during the third quarter of the 18th century.
Decoration
composed of
oxide colours
( slate-blue, green, yellow, manganese-brown, and dark brown)
Surface
composed of
lead-glaze
Base
Width 5.2 cm
Visible Surfaces
cream Earthenware
Press-moulding : Dark cream earthenware, press-moulded, and decorated with streaks of greyish-blue, green, yellow and manganese-brown oxide colours under lead glaze; base unglazed except for a small area on the left of the front
Inscription present: Early Whieldon/ figure of a/lady in a wide/hoop skirt/ b. at Sothebys/Oct 12, 1923/Harland sale
Accession number: C.831-1928
Primary reference Number: 76193
Old object number: 4282
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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