Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)
Titles
Mr Punch
Entities
Categories
Description
White earthenware figure, press-moulded in two parts with separately moulded head and hump, and lead glazed. Painted underglaze in cobalt blue and in black, green, orange, red and flesh-pink enamels, and gilt.
Mr Punch stands, holding a stick in his right hand and a cup in his left. He has a pronounced upward pointing hump on his back and a pointed nose and chin. The figure is well coloured. He wears a blue jacket edged in gilt, a ruff collar, a pointed orange hat, orange and green check trousers, and black shoes. His teeth, bared in a menacing grin, are outlined in red. The round base has a gilt line across the front and some radial moulding on the top. The base is open and glazed. The back is rounded, and the top half decorated.
Notes
History note: From the collection of the late R.G. Turner. Given by Mrs J.E.Campbell, 1984
Legal notes
Given by Mrs J.E.Campbell, from the collection of Col R.G.Campbell, 1984
Measurements and weight
Depth: 10.5 cm
Depth: 4.125 in
Height: 22.1 cm
Height: 8.75 in
Width: 7.1 cm
Width: 2.75 in
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1984)
by
Cameron, J.E., Mrs
Dating
19th Century, Mid
Victoria I
Circa
1845
CE
-
Circa
1865
CE
School or Style
Victorian
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( black, green, orange, red and flesh-pink)
gold
Materials used in production
Lead-glaze
Underglaze cobalt-blue
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Press-moulding
: White earthenware, press-moulded in two parts with separately moulded head and hump, and lead glazed. Painted underglaze in cobalt blue and in black, green, orange, red and flesh-pink enamels, and gilt. The base is open and glazed. The back is rounded, and the top half decorated.
Lead-glazing
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: Small underglaze blue ‘V’ inside base
- Text: 'V'
- Location: Inside base
- Method of creation: Painted in underglaze blue
- Type: Mark
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.871-1984
Primary reference Number: 76257
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 25 March 2024
Last processed: Thursday 14 August 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
