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Figure group (Shoe fitter or shoemaker and mate (bocage))
1820-1830
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.058.002
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.058.002
Object Name
Figure group (Shoe fitter or shoemaker and mate (bocage))
Category
Ceramics - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard Collection of English Pottery Figures
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1820-1830
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Bernard collection label bearing the number "357"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: "JONATHAN HORNE" in an ornate printed cartouche
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: "JONATHAN HORNE ANTIQUES LTD" label with handrwiting: "F16/ 31/shoemaker/c.1820/tips bocage/ 2 shoes"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Press-molded
- Molded
- Painted
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
9.1 (H) x 6.3 (W) x 4.8 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
23.2 (H) x 15.9 (W) x 12.1 (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.Catalogue: Bonhams (auction catalogue).
• Pair of Derby porcelain shoe fitters: April 23, 2008 sale (London), lot 291, one with a male and one with a female having a shoe fitted, c. 1775-80Book: Bradshaw, Peter. 1990 Derby Porcelain Figures 1750- 1848.
• Derby porcelain shoefitter groups: pp. 235-36, no. 78, figs. 188-89, c. 1820 and c. 1775 "Shoe-maker Groups" in similar format.