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Figure (Spinario)
1750-1770
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (creamware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1997.0038.002
Credit Line/Donor
Anonymous gift
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Complete Details
Object Number
1997.0038.002
Object Name
Figure (Spinario)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1750-1770
Materials
- Earthenware (creamware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Sponged
Dimensions (inches)
6 (H) x 3.1 (W) x 5 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
15.2 (H) x 7.9 (W) x 12.7 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Catalogue: 2007 Christie's (sales catalogue).
• Sold at auction: Christies, London, Rous Lench collection, May 29-30, 1990, lot 102Book: Luxmoore, Chas. F. C. 1924 English Saltglazed Earthenware.
• Human proportioned Spinario (salt-glazed white): pl. 31Book: Grigsby, Leslie B. 1990 The Henry H. Weldon Collection: English Pottery, Stoneware and Earthenware 1650-1800.
• Human proportioned Spinario (salt-glazed white): no. 183 (shown with creamware version), nude.Book: Grigsby, Leslie B. 1990 The Henry H. Weldon Collection: English Pottery, Stoneware and Earthenware 1650-1800.
• Human proportioned Spinario (bronze): no. 183, Padua, Italy late 15th-early 16th century, nude.Book: Grigsby, Leslie B. 1990 The Henry H. Weldon Collection: English Pottery, Stoneware and Earthenware 1650-1800.
• Bizarre proportioned Spinario (creamware): nos. 183 and 287, oversized head and period clothingBook: Read, Herbert. 1929 Staffordshire Pottery Figures.
• Bizarre proportioned Spinario (creamware) with bocage at back and woman pulling thorn from man's foot: pl. 21, figure probably from same mold as Weldon example.Book: Fennimore, Donald L., et al. 1992 The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Volume IV Decorative Arts.
• Creamware Spinario in "contemporary" dress and Roman bronze version: p. 96, no. 92.Book: Edwards, Diana & Hampson, Rodney. 2005 White Salt-glazed Stoneware of the British Isles.
• Human proportioned Spinario (salt-glazed white): p. 106, fig. 102 & col. pl. 74Catalogue: Sotheby's (auction catalogue).
• Human proportioned Spinario (salt-glazed white with blue blotches): October 16, 2008, lot 10 (NY)Book: van Dam, Jan Daniel. 2004 Delffse Porceleyne/Dutch Delftware 1620-1850.
• Human-proportioned Spinario in Dutch Delftware: p. 147, no. 94, c. 1725-45, Greek A factory, Delft, Holland.Catalogue: Aronson, Dave & Aronson, Robert. 2004 Dutch Delftware: The Dr. Gunther Grethe Collection and other recent acquisitions.
• Polychrome-decorated Dutch delft Spinario in 18th-century clothing and tricorn hat: p. 150, no. 171, c. 1740-60.Book: Israel, Barbara. Antique Garden Ornament: Two Centuries of American Taste.
• 1890s Italian Bronze after the antique Spinario: p. 139, no. 2-11, at Hearst Castle, San Simeon, CA