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Ceres representing Summer: C.935-1928

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Current Location: In storage

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Ceres representing Summer

Maker(s)

Production: uncertain

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Description

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.

Notes

History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 16.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Early 19th century
George III
1800 - 1820

Note

The manufacturer of his figure is uncertain. One possibility is David Wilson who was proprietor of the Church Works Hanley between 1798 and 1820.

School or Style

Neoclassical

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

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

Materials used in production

cream Earthenware

Techniques used in production

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

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.935-1928
Primary reference Number: 76408
Old object number: R 3149

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 29 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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