The White Partridge: C.80-1932

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Titles

The White Partridge

Maker(s)

Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

Entities

Animal figure

Categories

Soft-paste porcelain

Description

Glazed soft-paste porcelain.

Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, and lead-glazed. The flat underside is unglazed. there is a small ventilation hole under the bird's tail. The roughly circular base has an irregularly shaped edge, and rises up in the middle into a large and a small tree stump, which support the bird. The partridge stands on both feet in profile to right with its head turned to its right.

Notes

History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth

Legal notes

Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson

Measurements and weight

Height: 15.9 cm

Place(s) associated

Chelsea ⪼ Middlesex ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1932) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs

Dating

18th Century, Mid
Raised anchor period (1749-1752)
George II
Circa 1750 CE - 1752 CE

Note

This model was derived from pl. 72, The White Partridge in George Edwards, The Natural History of Uncommon Birds, II, 1743.

School or Style

Components of the work

Visible Surfaces composed of lead-glaze ( presumed lead)
Bird

Materials used in production

Soft-paste porcelain

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: an oval pad with a raised anchor

Location: On the tree stump below the bird's tail
Method of creation: Applied
Type: Mark

Inscription present: circular paper label with wide black border printed with the lettering in reserve

Text: FRANCES L. DICKSON.
Location: On the base
Method of creation: Printed in black
Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Plagiarism Personified? European Pottery and Porcelain Figures

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.80-1932
Primary reference Number: 79586
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 13 October 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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