IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 80542 accession number: C.1-1992 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 13 October 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain figure of a Boy blowing a Shell Pipe, slip-cast.The glaze on a leaf by the boy's face is tinged with turquoise. The underside is unglazed and has a large circular central ventilation hole. The rectangular base has deep straight sides, and rises up into a rock behind which is a tall narrow tree stump bearing applied groups of an acorn and oak leaves. The rock is decorated with nine applied flower heads.The nude, wavy-haired boy sits on the rock with his left leg behind him, and his right leg forward projecting over the edge. He leans back slightly and holds a long cone-shaped pipe in both hands. object type: Soft-paste porcelain figure of a Boy blowing a Shell Pipe, slip-cast. title: figure NOTES ----- type: history note value: Dr and Mrs Hugh Statham; Dr Statham died 1967; Mrs Statham d. 1970; their daughter, Miss Beryl Statham, by whom lent anonymously in 1970 (Statham Loan 1-1970); bequeathed by Miss Statham (died 17/04/1990), accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/80542 TECHNIQUES ---------- Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, and lead-glazed slip-casting TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1749 - 1752 creation date earliest: 1749 creation date latest: 1752 culture: Raised anchor period (1749-1752) culture: 18th Century, Mid culture: George II CREATORS -------- maker: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Depth units: cm value: 10 dimension: Height units: cm value: 16 CITATIONS -------- English Porcelain Figures of the Eighteenth Century ---