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Boy with Cock: C.922-1928

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Boy with Cock

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

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Description

Lead-glazed earthenware figure of a boy holding a cock painted in polychrome enamels

White earthenware, moulded, covered with very slightly blue tinted lead-glaze, and painted in blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, red, reddish-brown, brown and black enamels. The underside of the square, straight-sided base is glazed and has a large circular ventilation hole in the middle. Its exterior is decorated with a reddish-brown line .The boy stands with his right leg advanced on a green and brown mound. He has short brown hair and wears a white robe with blue spots and a green edge draped over his left shoulder and around the lower part of his body. He holds a yellow and red cockerel with a black beak under his right arm.

Notes

History note: Mr John Jennings, Cambridge, from whom bought with two other figures on 20 March 1913 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 12.6 cm
4.8

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Early 19th century
George III
George IV
Circa 1815 - 1825

Note

The figure was attributed probably to Enoch Wood at Burslem after the end of his partnership with James Caldwell ended in 1818.

School or Style

Neoclassical

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, red, reddish-brown, brown and black)
Surface composed of lead-glaze ( very slightly blue tinted)
Base Depth 4.4 cm Width 4.4 cm

Materials used in production

white Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : White earthenware, moulded, covered with very slightly bluetinted lead-glaze and painted in blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, red, reddish-brown, brown, and black enamels

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 8 underlined over a blurred mark
  • Location: On underside of base
  • Method of creation: Painted in purplish red
  • Type: Mark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.922-1928
Primary reference Number: 76389
Old object number: 3617

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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