Flora: C.848-1928

Titles

Flora

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

Entities

• Figure

Categories

• Lead-glazed earthenware
• Underglaze painted figures

Notes

History note: Law Fowlsham & Cole, South Moulton Street, London, from whom bought for £9 on 11 November 1925 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early
George III
Circa 1795 - 1815

Note

Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, whose festival, Floralia, held at the end of April and beginning of May was instituted in 240 BCE. In art she was usually represented holding a flowers or a wreath of flowers.

When purchased by Dr Glaisher, the dealer, Mr Cole, attributed the figure to the Pratt factory 'because of the orange colour'. However, very few items are known marked Pratt, and by the late 20th century the name was being used as a generic term for underglaze painted ware and figures coloured in blue, green, yellow, orange, brown and black.

School or Style

Neoclassical