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Ceres representing Summer
Production: uncertain
Lead-glazed earthenware painted in enamels
Cream earthenware, moulded, covered with slightly blue tinted lead-glaze and painted in greyish-blue, green, yellow, flesh-pink, and brown enamels. The figure is supported on a square base which is concave and glazed underneath, and has a central ventilation hole. Ceres stands on a low mound with a tree stump at the back, which like the base is coloured green with random streaks of brown. She stands on her left leg with her right relaxed and a little behind it. Her head is turned towards her left, and she holds a sickle in her right hand at her side, and with her left holds up a bunch of wheat ears (partly missing) which rest on her left shoulder. She has brown hair, and wears a long greyish-blue gown which reveals her legs at the front, and a yellow bodice which is open at the front.
History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 16.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Early 19th century
George III
1800
-
1820
The manufacturer of his figure is uncertain. One possibility is David Wilson who was proprietor of the Church Works Hanley between 1798 and 1820.
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( greyish-blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, and brown)
Surface
composed of
lead-glaze
( very slightly blue tinted)
Base
Depth 6.6 cm
Width 6.6 cm
cream Earthenware
Moulding : Cream earthenware, moulded in parts, assembled before firing, covered with very slightly blue tinted lead-glazed and painted in greyish-blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, and brown enamels
Accession number: C.935-1928
Primary reference Number: 76408
Old object number: R 3149
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Ceres representing Summer" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/76408 Accessed: 2024-12-23 07:58:33
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