15929966380001312637261000Standard Recordobject-76231170266712524816875944700001702667071829fitz-onlineadlib-object-76231https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76231eece1d7c-d50e-3370-9a9d-5452dc305f618Mary Venetia James (1861-1948) wife of John Arthur James (1853-1917)referenceagent-207148adlib-agent-207148338a4882-2500-3b8f-a602-aa60bd4ef926James, Mrs Arthurreferenceterm-108657adlib-term-108657c170cd8e-fc63-3446-81a4-6682b5979808lead-glazed earthenwarereferenceterm-147339adlib-term-147339c265838a-3729-3f1e-8715-9e39bb3a7217underglaze painted figuresreferenceterm-113184adlib-term-11318425fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043J. W. L. Glaishergreen, orange, brown, and greyreferenceterm-113656adlib-term-1136565b6197cf-eb3b-3574-8522-53b223cc4b49oxide coloursreferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazeDecorationgreen, orange, brown, and greyreferenceterm-120109adlib-term-1201090ac0da43-b119-38cf-9afd-87a3520c8d17painting underglazereferenceterm-120062adlib-term-120062d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206lead-glazingDepthcm13.5Widthcm31BasePartsreferenceterm-121246adlib-term-121246cd0cb1a4-68fa-396e-a2f5-856490890cd3modellingApplied Artslarge earthenware figure of a tiger, moulded with modelled additions, painted in green, orange, brown, and grey under lead-glazeEarthenware, moulded with modelled additions, painted in green, orange, brown and grey under clear lead glaze. The tiger has an open mouth and long protruding tongue. The clay has been combed to suggest fur and the face is finely modeled, with a row of front teeth and sharp upper and lower incisors at either side of the tongue. The tiger is painted orange all over, with grey stripes and white whiskers. The base is a rectangular plinth with green pigment unevenly spread under or in the glaze. The underside is recessed and glazed, with four ventilation holes under the tiger’s legs.C.852-19281accession numberC.852-192876231priref76231191019101910old object number3319urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76231https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76231no visible markrectangular paper labelunderside of basehandwritten in black inkNo.3319. Staffordshire figure of a tiger (with protruding tongue) on a green oblong base. b. at Sotheby' s Nov 28, 1910.labelreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumDr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequestreferenceagent-152564adlib-agent-152564c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr192819281928-12-07bequeathedthe Glaisher ceramic collection was entered in the accession register as one item with the date of Dr Glaisher's death182018201820circa18201830118301830perhaps1830probablyproductionreferenceagent-187914adlib-agent-1879143ff8e302-3ac3-3560-9a60-800ee4445118Unidentified factoryPearlware figures decorated with under-glaze colours were popular from the 1790s until the late 1830s. Although sometimes known as ‘Pratt ware’, they were made by many small potteries and are rarely marked. Classical and allegorical subjects were common, as were figures engaged in everyday work and leisure and wild, circus and domestic animals. Exotic animals such as lions and tigers would have been known from travelling menageries.Under-glaze painted figures were moulded and biscuit fired, then painted or sponged with metal oxide colours before glazing and firing. This required only two firings, so they were cheaper to produce than enamelled figures, but they were restricted to a palette of earth colours (yellow, green, blue, purple, brown and black), since only metal oxide colours could withstand the high temperature of the glaze firing. Some, like this example, were very finely moulded and others used complex multi-part moulds. But by c.1835 three-part press-moulding had largely taken over, enabling even cheaper and faster production for a growing market.referenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwareHeightcm22.5referencemedia-47200adlib-media-47200b0205828-3154-3452-9da0-7c155654c303jpegaa/aa3/C_852_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162726789551imagejpegaa/aa3/mid_C_852_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels362widthpixels50016162726789551imagejpegaa/aa3/C_852_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162726789551imagejpegaa/aa3/preview_C_852_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels181widthpixels25016162726789551image0media
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imagereferenceterm-110277adlib-term-11027797f1ad1c-7b1d-373a-b0ae-ed010d95f37banimal figurereferenceterm-134443adlib-term-1344431f927ae4-091f-35a9-b59f-e49a35bcf525Staffordshire figure (early)history noteMrs Arthur James; sold at Sotheby’s, 28 November 1910, Old Staffordshire Pottery the property of Mrs Arthur James, lot 52. Bought by Mr Stoner for £6 on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge1same provenancereferenceobject-76447adlib-object-76447268aeb30-b42b-3163-87d5-e8047ff936701reference1term-108660adlib-term-108660e44d5c1e-fe68-3aed-b891-140dfc4e77f0equestrian figureequestrian figurereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Vol. l, p. 114, no. 852114referencepublication-1031adlib-publication-1031a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55edCatalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgeCf. two different tiger figures, one painted underglaze the other enameled pearlware. See also chapter on under-glaze painted figures.129,208referencepublication-6492adlib-publication-64928f7a7c8d-d834-39c7-aba5-eddaaff4dd0cEnglish Earthenware Figures 1740-1840referencepublication-1561adlib-publication-15615a4331eb-3c58-30a9-9975-7893214fc152Pratt Warereferencepublication-400002021adlib-publication-4000020217f3f7a61-e1a9-3b05-aefe-8100fe0c32bcAnimals in Pottery & Porcelainanimalreferenceterm-12601adlib-term-12601ed7c40b2-a047-3334-b415-b09a85fb68fbTigerliteralTigerTigerreferenceterm-110277adlib-term-11027797f1ad1c-7b1d-373a-b0ae-ed010d95f37banimal figureanimal figureEarthenware, press-moulded and modelled, painted and lead-glazed.referenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingTigerobject
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