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Figure (Thomas Dartmouth Rice as Jim Crow)
Thomas Dartmouth Rice as Jim Crow
Dudson factory
1836-1845
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Dudson factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- earthenware (white)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.046
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.046
Object Name
Figure (Thomas Dartmouth Rice as Jim Crow)
Title
Thomas Dartmouth Rice as Jim Crow
Category
Ceramics - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard Collection of English Pottery Figures
Creator (Role)
Dudson factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1836-1845
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Circular blue adhesive label, handwritten in blue ink, "272" (Bernard Collection number)
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White label applied with scotch tape, handwritten in blue ink, "ARM/REPAIR"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Anti-slavery
- Abolitionist
- Theater
- Slavery
- Abolition
- Anti-slavery
- Slavery
- Jim Crow
Materials
- earthenware (white)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Enameled
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
5.813 (H) x 3.25 (W) x 2.5 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
14.765 (H) x 8.255 (W) x 6.35 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Oliver, Anthony. 1981 Staffordshire pottery : the tribal art of England.
• Different model with impressed Lloyd Shelton mark, c. 1836.Book: Pugh, P. D. Gordon. 1987 Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Era.
• Two models of same figure, differently posed, with lithograph: p. E384, figs. 72-73, pl. 37, lithograph music cover for "Jim Crow! THE CELEBRATED NIGGER SONG, sung by MR. RICE with unbounded shouts of applause at the Royal Surrey Theatre."Book: Harding, Adrian & Harding, Nicholas. 1998 Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875. 1.
• Similar example: pp. 306-307Article: Morgan, Alison. 09//2006 Dudson Staffordshire Figures. NCS Journal. 16-17.
• Dudson example and biscuit sherds: p. 17, figs. 2-3Article: Margolin, Sam. 2002 "And Freedom to the Slave": Antislavery Ceramics, 1787-1865. Ceramics in America. 80- 109.
• English earthenware child's plate transfer-printed with "JUMP JIM CROW" and the poem: "Wheel about and turn about and do just so/ Every time we wheel about we Jump Jim Crow"Book: Oswald, Adrian, et al. 1983 English Brown Stoneware 1670-1900.
• Lambeth, London salt-glazed brown stoneware flask modeled with Jim Crow figure: base with molded inscription "Pub[superscript ed] by T[super. h] Wetherll Nov. 25 1836...ington Land Lambeth." Thos. Wetherill mold.Article: Margolin, Sam. 2002 "And Freedom to the Slave": Antislavery Ceramics, 1787-1865. Ceramics in America. 80- 109.
• Whiteware child's plate and subject history: pp. 105-6, fig. 49, England, c. 1850 (See Notes)Book: Noel Hume, Ivor. 2001 If These Pots Could Talk: Collecting 200 Years of British Household Pottery.
• Design source and same pattern in relief on English brown salt-glazed flask: pp. 312-13, figs. XIV.17 a-b, with design taken from sheet musicBook: Dudson, Audrey & Morgan, Alison. 2006 Dudson Staffordshire Figures c.1815 - c.1865.
• Example from same mold, with different painted decoration: p.34, fig.37.Catalogue: Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
• Brown blotched pale earthenware version of same figure: September 9-10, 2005, shown without lot information on p. 112. Appears to be 19th century American.Book: Fried, Frederick. 1970 Artists in Wood: American Carvers of Cigar-Store Indians, Show Figures, and Circus Wagons.
• Wood carving of same subject, probably by Charles J. Dodge, with other Jim Crow discussion: p. 8, fig. 17, pp. 23-27Article: Schkolne, Myrna. 2017 Black is Beautiful: Early Staffordshire Figures Portraying People of Color. Ars Ceramica. (29 (orig 2013)): 32-43.
• Somewhat similarly modeled example in different colors: p. 37, fig. 10, inscribed "JAM CROW," pearlware, c. 1836