15929996840001312637261000Standard Recordobject-76489170249418967015948523450001702494118070fitz-onlineadlib-object-76489https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76489980bc07c-bf81-34a0-84ba-8c710027baaa5referenceterm-108657adlib-term-108657c170cd8e-fc63-3446-81a4-6682b5979808lead-glazed earthenwarereferenceterm-42688adlib-term-426884df03958-5ee6-3a50-ada9-491bb6445fdfArt Potteryreferenceterm-113184adlib-term-11318425fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043J. W. L. Glaisherclear/yellow or brownreferenceterm-32652adlib-term-3265282d8ae3b-f165-395c-ba93-dfa1c282b7beglazeDecorationreferenceterm-122641adlib-term-122641d5fb75d8-097d-3fd7-8e70-87e9d96d77f7glazingreferenceterm-115adlib-term-11594d65983-dea2-361b-b187-a968c98ab1d8NatureApplied ArtsRed earthenware covered with brown or clear glaze.Large, modelled figure of a crocodile, its head raised and its tail curled over its back, standing among rushes on an oval base. The animal is covered with applied and incised ‘skin’ and the interior of its open mouth and its teeth realistically modelled. The rushes are suggested by flat strips of clay, which support the body. The base is flat; the underside is flat, rough and unglazed.C.98-19281accession numberC.98-192876489priref76489190719071907Old object number2707urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76489https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76489referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumDr. J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest, 1928referenceagent-152564adlib-agent-152564c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr192819281928bequeathedEntry date: 1928-12-0718751875CE1875circa1875190511905CE1905circa1905potterreferenceagent-163445adlib-agent-1634450ea027ba-c1d5-37c4-9672-a38845c5e0ebBingham, Edwardpotteryreferenceagent-190491adlib-agent-190491b4b8a6c4-919f-3d5f-9b02-af0e0c8addffCastle Hedingham PotteryDr. Glaisher bought the crocodile, and some twenty other pieces, on two visits to the closed pottery, and one to a London showroom, in July 1907. He describes it as ‘a striking piece and well modelled and different in character from most of Bingham’s work’. He had earlier bought several pieces, including an Essex jug in the Fitzwilliam collection (C.99-1928), from the potter himself in 1896. He notes the best of Bingham’s work as ‘ambitious and characteristic work as regards the design modelling’ and ‘really fine and would do justice to any potter’, but he also records several examples of glazing failures.Edward Bingham (1829- 1914) was the son of a Lambeth potter who mainly produced functional wares. The business moved first to Gestingthorpe, Essex, and then in 1837 to Castle Hedingham. From c.1864 Edward Bingham produced ornamental ware, drawing on mediaeval and Tudor styles and notable for its size and exuberant relief decoration, which often includes modeled animals, birds or faces. He used the local terracotta and, later, clay from Devon. Until the mid 1870s, most Hedingham ware was unglazed, and Bingham supplemented income through various other work, variously as a shoe-maker, teacher, sub-postmaster and ironmonger. The pottery was most successful between c.1875-85, with up to 13 kilns operating, but afterwards trade flagged and in 1901 the business was sold, though it continued to operate as ‘The Essex Art Pottery’ until 1905. Bingham continued to make pots there, and then for a few months in a temporary workshop, before emigrating to join his family in North America in 1906.referenceterm-15214adlib-term-15214744af2c4-a2f2-37ad-bbf4-2cd00e91ed9bVictorianreferenceterm-115403adlib-term-115403c1cececa-0779-31c9-a5d1-64287870983dliteralEnglandEnglandcountryliteralEssexEssexregionCastle Hedinghamreferenceterm-121303adlib-term-121303ec91b069-9e11-397d-92ad-6ab224992074red earthenwareLengthcm53.2Lengthin21referencemedia-47867adlib-media-478675c2d66b6-3738-3a37-a17b-34869b52ea6ejpegaa/aa4/C_98_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162560873401imagejpegaa/aa4/mid_C_98_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels362widthpixels50016162560873401imagejpegaa/aa4/C_98_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162560873401imagejpegaa/aa4/preview_C_98_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels181widthpixels25016162560873401image0media
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imagereferenceterm-110277adlib-term-11027797f1ad1c-7b1d-373a-b0ae-ed010d95f37banimal figurehistory noteCastle Hedingham Pottery. Bought there (from Mr Smith) on July 5 1907 for £1.10, by Dr Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge. According to Dr Glaisher’s notes, Mr Smith ‘of the Post Office’ was ‘in charge of the works’ after the pottery’s closure.1same potterreferenceobject-76503adlib-object-76503d3608745-09a4-3279-9ec6-f7f7f71925ec1reference1term-89400adlib-term-89400194f8c99-93e1-30de-9465-9209222dafaajugjugreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Vol. l, no. 98, . ‘ figure of a crocodile, among rushes, modelled in red earthenware, covered with a yellow glaze’.16referencepublication-1031adlib-publication-1031a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55edCatalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridgereferencepublication-200002926adlib-publication-200002926d328843a-ca8d-340f-a75a-5150fd19f667Story of Castle Hedingham PotteryRef. Description of the pottery, with illustrations, and a brief note on Castle Hedingham. Also a 1906 letter from Edward Bingham, describing his first impressions of New York to Mr Smith. Reprinted (privately?) April 1944.37-45referencepublication-200002927adlib-publication-200002927af67db69-c653-386e-bb9d-9dffdb78a404Gestingthorpe Pot WorksRef.104referencepublication-7461adlib-publication-7461097fcf79-5193-3f2c-a666-744b0d89fd6eDictionary of Ceramic ArtistsRef.222-223referencepublication-3367adlib-publication-3367d690c068-f9ae-39f7-b781-c471ea3065c7Encyclopaedia of British Art Pottery 1870-1920animalreferenceterm-106477adlib-term-106477b0f62f70-5e0b-328a-9420-ac0cc0e48921crocodileliteralcrocodilecrocodilereferenceterm-110277adlib-term-11027797f1ad1c-7b1d-373a-b0ae-ed010d95f37banimal figureanimal figureRed earthenware, modelled and glazedreferenceterm-121246adlib-term-121246cd0cb1a4-68fa-396e-a2f5-856490890cd3modellingCrocodileobject
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