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Figure (Snuff Taker or Smell)
Snuff Taker or Smell
1820-1830
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Possibly Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.042
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.042
Object Name
Figure (Snuff Taker or Smell)
Title
Snuff Taker or Smell
Category
Ceramics - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard Collection of English Pottery Figures
Place of Origin
Possibly Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1820-1830
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Orange circular label bearing the old number "362" in ink
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Senses
- Allegory
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Press-molded
- Molded
- Painted
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
8.5 (H) x 3.2 (W) x 3.2 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
21.5 (H) x 8.2 (W) x 8.2 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Fair, Lauren & Mass, Jennifer. 2013 Polychrome Decoration on Staffordshire Figures: The Identification of a new enamel colorant and underglaze oxide recipes using technical analysis. Ars Ceramica. No. 25: 6-39.
• Published: p. 24, fig. 17, shown with XRF data (Table 4)Book: Grigsby, Leslie B. 1990 The Henry H. Weldon Collection: English Pottery, Stoneware and Earthenware 1650-1800.
• Differently posed snuff-takers in salt-glazed stoneware and porcelain: pp. 316-17, no. 175, Derby porcelain (c. 1754) and Staffordshire stoneware (c. 1755) examples, seated. Notes other versions of subject in Continental porcelain.