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Figure (Gasconian (hurdy-gurdy player))
Gasconian
1780-1800
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.022
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.022
Object Name
Figure (Gasconian (hurdy-gurdy player))
Title
Gasconian
Category
Ceramics - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard Collection of English Pottery Figures
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1780-1800
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Yellow rectangular sticker, "From the/ BROOK-HART/ COLLECTION"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Circular green sticker, in pen, "351" (Bernard Collection number)
Type: Inscription
Location: Front of base
Inscription: Painted in red enamel, "Gasconian"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Musical Instruments
- Music
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
9 (H) x 3.5 (W) x 3.2 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
22.86 (H) x 8.89 (W) x 8.128 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. 1991 English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840.
• Period references and similar color glaze and enameled examples: p. 78 (color glaze, uninscribed, c. 1780-1800); p. 134 (enameled, "Gasconian", 1785-95)Book: Grigsby, Leslie B. 1990 The Henry H. Weldon Collection: English Pottery, Stoneware and Earthenware 1650-1800.
• Similarly modeled colored glaze example: p. 461, no. 295, possibly Wood family, c. 1785-95Book: Griffin, John D. 2005 The Leeds Pottery: 1770- 1778. 1.
• Pearlware woman and hurdy gurdy with mate, man with tambourine (3 versions): p. 220, nos. 305-7Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. 1991 English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840.
• Different model male hurdy-gurdy player, enameled and impressed "Ra. Wood Burslem": p. 139, inscribed "Flemish Music". c. 1785-1800Book: Fennimore, Donald L., et al. 1992 The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Volume IV Decorative Arts.
• Differently colored version of same figure: pp. 108-109, no. 114.