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Figure group (Uncle Tom and Eva)
Uncle Tom
George Cruikshank
1855-1860
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
George Cruikshank (Possible design inspiration)
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (white)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.052
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.052
Object Name
Figure group (Uncle Tom and Eva)
Title
Uncle Tom
Category
Ceramics - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard Collection of English Pottery Figures
Creator (Role)
George Cruikshank (Possible design inspiration)
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1855-1860
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Front of mound
Inscription: Relief "UNCLE TOM"
Type: Label
Location: Back
Inscription: Rectangular white label, printed "Consignor #" followed by "4319" handwritten in black ink. Printed "Item #" followed by "15" handwritten in black ink.
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Circular aqua label, handwritten in black ink, "271" (Bernard Collection number)
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)
10.875 (H) x 5.688 (W) x 4.75 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
27.623 (H) x 14.448 (W) x 12.065 (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.
• Several models of same scene: pp. 299-301, figs. 1089-1094 (passim) and no. 11, some inscribed.Book: Pugh, P. D. Gordon. 1987 Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Era.
• See plate 26, fig. 78, p. B204Article: 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 2002.0030.044Book: Pugh, P. D. Gordon. 1987 Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Era.
• Literary reference: p. B181, refers to literary source.Book: Riley, Noel. 1991 Gifts for Good Children: The History of Children's China 1790- 1890. 312.
• Children's plates with Uncle Tom prints; some design sources: pp. 106-107, nos. 339-346.Book: Riley, Noel. 1991 Gifts for Good Children: The History of Children's China 1790- 1890. 312.
• Possible design source: p. 106, no. 344, George Cruikshank's image for 1852 book ed..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. 1850-65Book: Dudson, Audrey & Morgan, Alison. 2006 Dudson Staffordshire Figures c.1815 - c.1865.
• Possibly Dudson version same figure group, shown with printed screen detail showing matching theme: p. 100, figs. 181-82Book: Hall, John. 1972 Staffordshire Portrait Figures.
• Another Uncle Tom and Eva figure of a different form on p. 62, plate 45.