15929843240001312637261000Standard Recordobject-76465170249417628515972441680001702494117951fitz-onlineadlib-object-76465https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/764650c4fcc1e-49c1-3b1b-ac0e-be26d359489b10referenceagent-194193adlib-agent-194193b8fbe76e-407a-3e93-bedd-74914996453ePolito, Stephanireferenceterm-108657adlib-term-108657c170cd8e-fc63-3446-81a4-6682b5979808lead-glazed earthenwarereferenceterm-113184adlib-term-11318425fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043J. W. L. Glaisherblue, green, yellow, pink, flesh-pink, red, brown, grey, and blackreferenceterm-32638adlib-term-3263897b8d1a5-7b8f-3a2a-a275-7d001aeaae2benamelreferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazeDecorationin blue, green, yellow, pink, flesh-pink, red, brown, grey, and black enamelsreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingPartsearthenware, moulded and modelled, lead glazed and painted overglaze in blue, green, yellow, pink, flesh-pink, red, brown, grey, and black enamelsreferenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingreferenceterm-121246adlib-term-121246cd0cb1a4-68fa-396e-a2f5-856490890cd3modellingreferenceterm-24306adlib-term-24306baea8705-187b-3229-a6f9-73c5ef1a1de4entertainingApplied ArtsEarthenware figure group, moulded and modelled, lead glazed and painted with polychrome enamels.Stafforshire table-base group representing Polito’s Menagerie. The table base has six feet and is painted brown, with relief polychrome garlands all around. A yellow and brown booth stands on it; there are three lamps and gathered curtains along the front of the roof and a brown flight of steps centre front. In the middle, a woman is coming out of a door, there are two children in front of her. To the right are the showman, a boy playing a drum and two trumpeters in long coats ; to the left are a woman in a feathered hat and a man who winds a barrel-organ on which a monkey is seated. Above the booth is a tall façade with an elephant with a castle on its back, two monkeys in trees, a lion and a tiger, all moulded in relief. The façade carries modelled birds and monkeys along the top of a ribbon with the impressed inscription: ‘POLITOS / MENAGERIE OF THE MOST WONDERFUL BURDS AND BEASTS FROM MOST PART OF THE WORLD, LION etc.’. The ‘S’ of ‘POLITOS’ is reversed. The back is flat, curving up the back of the façade and painted brown. The underside is glazed but unpainted, with three circular vent holes.C.965-19281accession numberC.965-192876465priref76465old object number4211urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76465https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76465no visible markunderside of baserectangular paper label handwritten in black inkNo. 4211. Staffordshire group of Polito’s Menagerie. It is practically perfect. b. in London June 15 1923labelThe ‘S’ of ‘POLITOS’ is reversedon frontimpressedPOLITOS/ MENAGERIE OF THE WONDERFULL BURDS AND BEASTS FROM MOST (PART OF) THE WORLD LIONS & Cinscriptionreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumDr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequestreferenceagent-152564adlib-agent-152564c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr192819281928-12-07bequeathed18251825CE1825circa1825183011830CE1830circa1830makerreferenceagent-188632adlib-agent-188632b379bf0c-f1b7-35d3-89f0-cbc229ee14ffUnidentified PotteryEarthenware figure groups were popular from around 1810, although the earliest examples date from nearly a century earlier. A cheaper alternative to porcelain figures, they were often produced by small potteries; very few are marked. Classical or literary subjects were frequently copied from porcelain examples, but potters increasingly turned to scenes from everyday life and topical events. Early groups are often complex, with modelled and moulded parts, applied decoration and partially decorated backs. As demand increased, processes were streamlined for mass production and by c.1835 three-part press-moulding had largely replaced earlier methods. Table-base groups, on four or six short legs, were made from c.1825-35; probably by just a few makers. They have in the past been attributed to Obadaiah Sherratt of Burslem, but without clear evidence. The large number of modelled figures here suggests a late 1820s date.Pottery models of Wombwell’s and Polito’s Menageries were equally popular, and there are a number of surviving examples. Versions on different table or other bases suggest they were made by several potters and sometimes the figures seem to have been made by different potters and/or moulds shared between potteries, perhaps to save costs. Figures of individual menagerie animals were also common.Travelling menageries were popular in England from the late 18th Century. Exotic animals, such as lions and elephants had previously only been seen in aristocratic collections; now menageries took them out to the general public. From c.1830s, with the addition of animal tamers’ tricks, brass bands and human performers, the shows evolved into what we now know as circus. Stephani Polito bought the Exeter Change Menagerie, already established in London c.1810. He died in 1814, but Polito’s Menagerie continued until c.1836. 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imagereferenceterm-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure groupreferenceterm-134396adlib-term-134396238a8c79-c8ce-3ed9-9d80-3a938ba82083Staffordshire figure group (early)referenceterm-134395adlib-term-1343956496499c-d144-363b-8111-4f8084f131f8table base groupreferenceterm-130680adlib-term-1306804af9103f-c84b-3698-8764-bdecfcb876ecflat-backed figure grouphistory notePuttick and Simpson, London, 15 June 1923, lot 86, bought for £8.8s (eight pounds eight shillings) by Mr Mack for Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.1referenceobject-76456adlib-object-76456bc3e93ac-fe41-3f65-93aa-3e5fab7b04481reference1term-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure groupfigure group1referenceobject-76466adlib-object-764661fcde2cf-2df6-3a04-974e-12e7f12e89661reference1term-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure groupfigure groupreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Vol. l, p. 126, no. 965126referencepublication-1031adlib-publication-1031a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55edCatalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgeCf. Polito’s and Wombwell’s Menageries and other relevant images in a chapter on Staffordshire Figure Menageries which includes quote from Lord Byron’s diary. Also re circus and performing animal figures.100-115referencepublication-5796adlib-publication-5796f53034c1-658f-3808-ae92-bf4b4c428367People, Passions, Pastimes, and Pleasures, Staffordshire Figures 1810-1835Cf. Plates 67-70 and b/w images, various versions of Polito’s and Wombwell’s Menageries, on different bases, c.1825-35.261-275referencepublication-6492adlib-publication-64928f7a7c8d-d834-39c7-aba5-eddaaff4dd0cEnglish Earthenware Figures 1740-1840Cf. Plate 73, Polito’s Menagerie, on a marbled table-base. Notes that Mr & Mrs Polito died 1814 and Mr Wombwell 1850.92referencepublication-7215adlib-publication-72155a432fe5-59b0-3aa3-80ff-60e8c20dd302Staffordshire Chimney Ornamentsreferencepublication-992adlib-publication-992e26b9de8-5607-3d6e-82c1-bba7d8cb57c4Plagiarism Personified? European Pottery and Porcelain FiguresRef. for menageries, including Polito's and Wombwell's103-17referencepublication-200003135adlib-publication-20000313574428ebf-9d0f-3cf6-be56-8d84ed5d97c2Elephants, Education and Entertainment. Touring menageries in nineteenth century Britainreferenceterm-58768adlib-term-587685fb4fd35-4bf9-3223-b21a-5f49e06eaac7menageriereferenceterm-106940adlib-term-1069409741b873-2411-335d-abf2-2a4af30d9c5dcircusreferenceterm-107031adlib-term-1070313ea57a00-0cd5-37b7-9c8d-444febb5ca75elephantreferenceterm-92145adlib-term-92145e3b08aac-6ac6-32d1-bb95-0f77f3dbc2abmonkeyreferenceterm-21484adlib-term-21484539814e0-9ba9-3a5c-bdcf-c783cd92909cmusiciansanimalreferenceterm-106419adlib-term-1064196a020a7a-d710-3cb6-af17-8cd664abcf90birdanimalreferenceterm-106353adlib-term-10635394dbf2d1-80ce-352d-b3db-fd957b2fd428lionactivityreferenceterm-23596adlib-term-23596f5fe6ab7-fea6-31d5-8f77-1ad5f40613ccmusicliteralelephantelephantliteralmonkeymonkeyliteralbirdbirdliterallionlionliteralmusicmusicreferenceterm-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure groupfigure groupreferenceterm-120062adlib-term-120062d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206lead-glazingPolito's Menagerieobject
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