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Perswaition
Potter: Walton, John
Lead-glazed earthenware, moulded, and painted overglaze in blue, green, yellow, red, brown, and black enamels. 'PERSWAITION' impressed on a plaque on the viewer's right front corner.
History note: Captain Reynolds, London; sold en bloc to Messrs Gill & Reigate, London; one of thirty-five pieces bought from them by Mr Stoner of Stoner & Evans, London; bought from him with eighteen further pieces by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 20 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, Early#
George IV
Circa
1820
-
1825
'Perswaition' is a charming product of the realistic school of figure-making which developed in the Potteries between about 1800 and 1840. Tjhe couple are depicted in an unaffected manner, as if the young man had decided to propose on a stroll in tjhe garden, or on their way home from church or chapel. The stylized tree behind them, known as bocage (a grove) was derived from eighteenth-century porcelain figures. It was a feature of figures by John Walton, who was baptized in 1780, and was listed as a potter in local directories from 1818 to 1835. 'Perswaition' can be attributed to Walton because strictly comparable groups exist marked 'WALTON' impressed or in relief on a raised scroll. The group may have been derived from a print entitled PERSUASION, published in 1809.
Decoration
composed of
enamels
Surface
composed of
lead-glaze
Accession number: C.957-1928
Primary reference Number: 76449
Old object number: 3204
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) "Perswaition" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/76449 Accessed: 2024-04-20 14:00:31
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Accession Number: EC.2-1944
Accession Number: C.971-1928
Accession Number: C.936A-1928
Accession Number: C.937-1928
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