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Figure group (Topsy and Eva)
Topsy and Eva
1852-1860
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (white)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.044
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.044
Object Name
Figure group (Topsy and Eva)
Title
Topsy and Eva
Category
Ceramics - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard Collection of English Pottery Figures
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1852-1860
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Circular yellow label, handwritten in black ink, "267" (Bernard Collection number)
Type: Label
Location: Back
Inscription: Rectangular white label, printed "Consignor #" followed by "4319" handwritten in black ink. Printed "Item #" followed by "19" handwritten in black ink.
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Literary scene
- Literature
- American themed ceramics
- Abolitionist
- Anti-slavery
- Slavery
- Abolition
- Anti-slavery
- Slavery
Materials
- Earthenware (white)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Enameled
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
8.813 (H) x 7.438 (W) x 3.688 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
22.385 (H) x 18.893 (W) x 9.368 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Fenichell, Jill Weitzman. 2006 "Fragile Lessons: Ceramic and Porcelain Representations of Uncle Tom's Cabin". Ceramics in America. 40-57.
• Important information on subject, figures and printed designs.Book: Harding, Adrian & Harding, Nicholas. 1998 Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875. 1.
• Probably from same mold: p. 302, fig. 1101, noting design source as illustrated music front for "Topsy's Song."Book: Pugh, P. D. Gordon. 1987 Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Era.
• Similar model and literary reference: p. B204, pl. 26, fig. 84, c. 1852; p. B181, refers to literary source.Article: Fenichell, Jill Weitzman. 01//2005 Welcome to the New York Ceramics Fair. Uncle Tom subject ceramics: . New York Ceramics Fair. 20-24.
• Untitled article: See photocopy in 2002.0030.044 Registrars folder.Article: Margolin, Sam. 2002 "And Freedom to the Slave": Antislavery Ceramics, 1787-1865. Ceramics in America. 80- 109.
• Set of English porcelain figures from Uncle Tom's Cabin, English plate with Uncle Tom's Cabin transfer-print, French plate with Uncle Tom's death transfer-print: figs. 44- 46, pp. 102- 03Book: Dudson, Audrey & Morgan, Alison. 2006 Dudson Staffordshire Figures c.1815 - c.1865.
• Two versions of "Uncle Tom & Eve Boat" (sic): p. 99, figs. 178-79, by Dudson factory, c. 1850-65