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Standing Woman: C.2389-1928

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Current Location: In storage

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Standing Woman

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified French factory (Probably)

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware figure of a woman holding a scroll, standing beside a column

Dark buff earthenware, press-moulded and coated with off white tin-glaze which has become slightly pink during firing. The figure is supported on a rectangular, straight-sided base, which is open underneath and some of the glaze has dribbled into the interior. The woman's hair is drawn back into a low chignon, and she is dressed in classical costume. She stands facing towards the viewer with her right foot crossed over her left. In her right hand she holds a a partly unrolled scroll and rests her elbow on the top of a truncated column standing on a square base.

Notes

History note: Mr Beazor, Dene House, Great Yarmouth, from whom bought for £2.2s. 0d. on 20 May 1914 by Dr J.W.L.. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 35.2 cm
Width: 15.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century, Mid
Second French Republic
Production date: dated AD 1851

Note

Attribution uncertain

School or Style

Neoclassical

Components of the work

Visible Surfaces composed of tin-glaze
Base Depth 9.1 cm

Materials used in production

dark buff Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Dark buff earthenware, press-moulded, and tin-glazed; the underside of the base is open and some glaze had dribbled into the interior

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 1851
  • Location: Inside figure at the front
  • Method of creation: Incised before firing
  • Type: Date

Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick on label with a double black line running round three sides

  • Text: No 3710/White Delft/figure of a/woman holding/a scroll. dated/1851 probably/French b. at/Yarmouth/May 20 1914
  • Location: Inside front of base
  • Method of creation: Hand written in faded black ink
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2389-1928
Primary reference Number: 76744
Old object number: 3710

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 20 May 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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