15929843240001312637261000Standard Recordobject-76232170206272136916857754900001702062269706fitz-onlineadlib-object-76232https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76232e246f66f-d26c-3f9d-9b85-3d201e3dc63c6referenceterm-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. Glaisherreferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazereferenceterm-109907adlib-term-109907a881f27f-ee88-3a17-9f6b-e4f2864825a3metallic oxidesreferenceterm-32638adlib-term-3263897b8d1a5-7b8f-3a2a-a275-7d001aeaae2benamelDecorationreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-120062adlib-term-120062d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206lead-glazingreferenceterm-106220adlib-term-1062203040e455-d79a-3371-92d7-002ae1cea70aanimalsApplied ArtsEarthenware, slip-cast, lead glazed and painted with oxides and enamels.Slip-cast animal figure of a leopard lying with head up, ears pricked and eyes alert, on a green base. The leopard is finely modelled and coloured a pale mustard yellow with dark brown stippled spots; its eyes are brown and eyes, inner ears, mouth, whiskers and claws are picked out in black. The base is sponged grass green. Blades of grass and the animal’s eyebrows are suggested by grey strokes, lightly applied with a stiff brush. The underside is open and the interior glazed.C.853-19281accession numberC.853-192876232priref76232191719171917old object number4035urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76232https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76232no visible markrectangular white paper labelinside basehand-written in black inkNo 4035 Reclining leopard on a green base. Staffordshire pottery, b. at Puttick's March 2 1917labelreferenceagent-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 death18001800CE1800circa1800183011830CE1830perhaps1830productionreferenceagent-187914adlib-agent-1879143ff8e302-3ac3-3560-9a60-800ee4445118Unidentified factoryEarthenware figures were generally made at smaller potteries, drawing on a variety of sources, including sculpture and porcelain figures, and are rarely marked. They were popular from around 1780, but both the subject and production of this figure are unusual. Early figures are usually press moulded, perhaps with modelled parts added; slip-casting was a more expensive process which required longer drying times and so was only used for figures that could command a higher price. Meanwhile, although figures of exotic animals, such as lions, were common, very few leopards were made. These factors, together with the delicate decoration and the scarcity of surviving examples, suggest this figure was made for a specialist market.Exotic animals, previously only seen in aristocratic collections, became more widely known from the late 18th Century as travelling menageries took them out to the public. These shows evolved into what we now know as circus around the 1830s, as animal tamers’ tricks, brass bands and human performers were added. One such venture, Wombwell’s Menagerie, began in c.1807; by 1839 it included 15 wagons of animals; by 1850 there were three shows touring; and the business continued until 1884.referenceterm-134369adlib-term-134369e802f29c-a259-3ff8-940a-81beac6a591319th Century, Earlyreferenceterm-120993adlib-term-1209939b7070e0-66cb-334c-a4a6-54aaa5566091George III or George IVreferenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwareHeightcm13.3referencemedia-47205adlib-media-47205f7b6a578-6810-3e99-a805-b0cf07eb4748jpegaa/aa8/C_853_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162859044641imagejpegaa/aa8/mid_C_853_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels362widthpixels50016162859044641imagejpegaa/aa8/C_853_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162859044641imagejpegaa/aa8/preview_C_853_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels181widthpixels25016162859044641image0media
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imagereferenceterm-110277adlib-term-11027797f1ad1c-7b1d-373a-b0ae-ed010d95f37banimal figurereferenceterm-134443adlib-term-1344431f927ae4-091f-35a9-b59f-e49a35bcf525Staffordshire figure (early)history noteBought by Mr Stoner at Puttick and Simpson, Argyll St, London, on 2 March 1917, lot 235, for £4.10s.6p (four pounds ten shillings and sixpence); sold for £4.14s.6p (four pounds fourteen shillings and sixpence) to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Vol. l, p. 114, no. 853114referencepublication-1031adlib-publication-1031a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55edCatalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgeCf. a leopard probably from the same mould, with overglaze enamel decoration (Wisbech & Fenland Museum 1901.78).210referencepublication-6492adlib-publication-64928f7a7c8d-d834-39c7-aba5-eddaaff4dd0cEnglish Earthenware Figures 1740-1840Publ. p. 151, this figure illustrated.151referencepublication-3515adlib-publication-3515755fa945-3863-320a-99ff-c2ed519b1e05Collecting Staffordshire Potteryanimalreferenceterm-106857adlib-term-1068570594573e-cf62-36f1-9440-82dc54a200a1leopardliteralleopardleopardreferenceterm-110277adlib-term-11027797f1ad1c-7b1d-373a-b0ae-ed010d95f37banimal figureanimal figureearthenware, slip-cast, lead glazed and painted with metallic oxides and enamelreferenceterm-120096adlib-term-1200967cc05306-f07e-3189-849f-52addb9e2ca7slip-castingLeopardobject
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