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Figure group (Hairdresser or Barber and Mate (bocage))
Etienne-Maurice Falconet
1820-1830
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Etienne-Maurice Falconet (Design inspiration)
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.058.001
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.058.001
Object Name
Figure group (Hairdresser or Barber and Mate (bocage))
Category
Ceramics - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard Collection of English Pottery Figures
Creator (Role)
Etienne-Maurice Falconet (Design inspiration)
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1820-1830
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Bernard collection label with number "357"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: "JONATHAN HORNE ANTIQUES LTD" label with handwriting: :"c.1820/ Wigmaker/ scissor hand/ girls left arm"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: "JONATHAN HORNE" in a printed ornate cartouche
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Press-molded
- Molded
- Painted
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
9.3 (H) x 6 (W) x 5 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
23.6 (H) x 16 (W) x 12 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Schkolne, Myrna. 2014 Holding the Past: The William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection of Early English Pottery Figures.
• Pair of same subject, with different painted details and, in part, probably from same molds: pp. 134-35, no. 110, showing pair with hairdresser inscribed "BARBER & MATE." Attributed to the "Patriotic Group" potbank, Staffordshire, c. 1825Book: Harding, Adrian & Harding, Nicholas. 1998 Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875. 2.
• Pair of same subject, later date, on pierced bases with modest bocages: p. 137, figs. 2193, 2194.Book: Schkolne, Myrna. 2014 Holding the Past: The William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection of Early English Pottery Figures.
• Differently modeled hairdresser and lady, possibly by Wood & Caldwell, Staffordshire: p. 134, no. 109, c. 1800. Notes earlier versions by Derby factory (1766) after Sevres prototypes (1756, modeled by Etienne-Maurice Falconet).