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Figure (Vicar and Moses)
Vicar and Moses
1785-1800
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.009
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.009
Object Name
Figure (Vicar and Moses)
Title
Vicar and Moses
Category
Ceramics - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard Collection of English Pottery Figures
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1785-1800
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Rectangular adhesive label, handwritten in blue ink, "RESTORED/ KNOBS ON PULPIT/ TIPS OF CLERKS FINGERS"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Rectangular adhesive label over a round green label, handwritten in pencil, "315" (Bernard Collection number)
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Religious imagery
- Religion associated
- Satire
- Caricature
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
8.563 (H) x 4.75 (W) x 5.75 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
21.75 (H) x 12.065 (W) x 14.605 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Grigsby, Leslie B. 1990 The Henry H. Weldon Collection: English Pottery, Stoneware and Earthenware 1650-1800.
• Color glazed version, makers, other history: p. 451, no. 286, with "THE VICAR / AND MOSES" impressed on lower front and with different crest to pew. Possibly John Woods of Brownhills or Ralph Wood of Burslem, Staffordshire, c. 1785-95Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. 1991 English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840.
• Color glaze example impressed "Ra. Wood Burslem 71": p. 84.Book: Drakard, David. 1992 Printed English Pottery. History and Humour in the reign of George III 1760-1820.
• Examples of creamware printed with Vicar and Moses subject and Vicar and Moses verse: pp. 74- 75Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. 1991 English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840.
• Modern example in William Kent of Burslem's 1955 catalogue, p. 75, as "VICAR & CLERK No. 393": p. 288.Book: Oliver, Anthony. 1981 Staffordshire pottery : the tribal art of England.
• Modern example in William Kent (Porcelains) Ltd. of Burslem's 1960 catalogue listed as "VICAR & CLERK No. 393": p. 83, no. 107. (See nos. 106-110 and p. 102, no. 137 for more of the 370+ figures in the catalogue.)Book: Fennimore, Donald L., et al. 1992 The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Volume IV Decorative Arts.
• Very similar figure group: p. 107, no. 111.Book: Tharp, Lars. 1997 Hogarth's China: Hogarth's Paintings and Eighteenth-Century Ceramics.
• Possible association of "Vicar and Moses" pulpit-type figures with William Hogarth's engraving "The Sleeping Congregation" (1736): pp. 74-75, figs. 61-62