Sphinx
Production: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Glassy soft-paste porcelain, press-moulded (?), and lead-glazed. The glaze has small black speckles here and here, particularly round the lower edges of the sphinx. The open underside has a bevelled edge, and is unglazed. The sphinx is recumbent on a low rectangular base. She faces forward with her head tilted slightly to her right. Her hair is tied back into a knot and then falls down in two strands, over her right shoulder in front and over the left at the back. She wears a small cap on the left side of her head, a drape around her shoulders, and a shaped cloth over her back with two tassels on each side.
History note: Puttick and Simpson, London, 15 June, 1923, lot 156.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 11 cm
Length: 14.6 cm
Width: 8.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
Raised anchor period (1749-1752)
Circa
1749
CE
-
1752
CE
Surface composed of lead-glaze
glassy type Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding : Glassy soft-paste porcelain, press-moulded (?), and lead-glazed
Inscription present: octagonal paper label with blue line on five sides inscribed in Dr Glaisher's hand
Inscription present: circular paper label
Inscription present: Circular paper label printed with a black line edging and 'J.W.L. GLAISHER COLLECTION' and in the middle in black ink, '4212'.
Accession number: C.3060-1928
Primary reference Number: 80203
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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