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Apollo: C.945-1928

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Titles

Apollo

Maker(s)

Production: Lakin & Poole (Probably)

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Description

Lead-glazed earthenware painted in polychrome enamels

White earthenware, moulded, covered with strongly blue tinted lead-glaze and painted in pale turquoise, green, yellow, flesh pink, red, brown, grey, and black enamels. The figure is supported on a square straight-sided base which is hollow and glazed underneath and has a large and a small ventilation hole. Apollo stands facing towards the viewer with his left foot raised on the second of a pile of three books on the right of the base. His head is turned slightly to his right and he holds a lyre in his left hand and has his right over the strings. He has red lips and pink cheeks, and has a green wreath over his long brown hair which flows down over his shoulders at the back. His sandals are black and he wears a long white cloak decorated with red and black floral motifs and circles of black dots, and is lined with yellow. His lyre has yellow frame and a black base; the books have brown bindings and pale turquoise fore edges; the lowest book has 'Vol/I' in white on its spine; and the base is marbled overall in shades of grey.

Notes

History note: W.F.A.Wilson; sold Christie's 15-16 November 1906, Catalogue of the collection of old English pottery and porcelain formed by W.F. Wilson, second day, part of lot 235 (with three other figures); bought by Mr Thomas Sutton for 17 guineas on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 33 cm
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Place(s) associated

  • Burslem ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Late#
George III
Circa 1791 - 1895

Note

This figure was attributed to Lakin & Poole in Rackham's Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection (1935), and the style of the figure modelling and the marbled base are close to those of a figure of Ganymede marked LAKIN & POOLE, Fitzwilliam Museum C.942-1928.

Thomas Lakin and John Ellison Poole entered into partnership in Burslem in 1791, and in 1795 were joined by Poole's brother-in-law, Thomas Shrigley. Thomas Lakin withdrew from the partnership in January 1796 and a year later the other partners were declared bankrupt. During the short period of operation their factory made some exceptionally well-modelled and decorated figures, many of which stood on marbled bases.

School or Style

Neoclassical

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( green, yellow, pink, red, brown, grey and black)
Surface composed of lead-glaze ( strongly blue tinted)
Base Depth 10 cm Width 10 cm

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Vol/1
  • Location: On lowest of the three books
  • Method of creation: Painted in white enamel
  • Type: Inscription

Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick on label with blue plant motifs in two top corners

  • Text: No 2599/Staffordshire/figure of/Apollo. Fine/specimen/b. at Christie's/Nov 16 1906
  • Location: On underside of base on front side
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.945-1928
Primary reference Number: 76425
Old object number: 2599
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 15 December 2023 Last processed: Friday 15 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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