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Figure (Age or Old Age (man))
Age or Old Age
1815-1830
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.038.002
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.038.002
Object Name
Figure (Age or Old Age (man))
Title
Age or Old Age
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1815-1830
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Front of plinth
Inscription: Painted in black enamel, "AGE"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Circular green sticker, handwritten "330"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Allegory
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
7.875 (H) x 3.375 (W) x 3 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
20.003 (H) x 8.573 (W) x 7.62 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Grigsby, Leslie B. 1990 The Henry H. Weldon Collection: English Pottery, Stoneware and Earthenware 1650-1800.
• Same pair of subjects in colored glaze and earlier costumes: pp. 449-50, figs. 284-85, probably John Wood of Brownhills, Burslem or Ralph and Enoch Wood of Burslem, impressed "55". c. 1787Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. 1991 English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840.
• Similar example: p. 198.Book: Schkolne, Myrna. 2014 Holding the Past: The William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection of Early English Pottery Figures.
• Somewhat similar pair in polychrome enameled earthenware: p. 132, no. 107, inscribed "Old Ages," Possibly byDudson, Staffordshrie, c. 1820