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Figure group (Sportsman or hunter with dog and birds (bocage))
1815-1825
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.065
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.065
Object Name
Figure group (Sportsman or hunter with dog and birds (bocage))
Category
Ceramics - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard Collection of English Pottery Figures
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1815-1825
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Bernard collection label with number "342"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Black circular label with gold print: "GUARANTEED/ D.M.&P./ MANHEIM/ 46 EAST 57TH STREET/ NEW YOURK CITY/ GENUINE"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: "JONATHAN HORNE" in an ornate cartouche- dealer's label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: "JONATHAN HORNE ANTIQUES LTD" label with handwriting: "Staffordshire C1820/illegible word"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Rural pursuits
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Press-molded
- Painted
- Extruded
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
6.7 (H) x 3.3 (W) x 7 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
17.1 (H) x 8.3 (W) x 17.7 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. & Beddoe, Stella. 1990 Circus & Sport: English Earthenware Figures, 1780-1840.
• Similar base and hunter: pl. 24. Similar dog, pl. 23Book: Schkolne, Myrna. 2014 Holding the Past: The William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection of Early English Pottery Figures.
• Similar format sportsman and dog bocage figure (without birds): p. 188, no. 172, impressed "WALTON," c. 1820Catalogue: Horne, Jonathan. A Collection of Early English Pottery (dealer's catalogue).
• Published: pt. XIX (1999), no. 574.Book: Schkolne, Myrna. 2006 People, Passions, Pasttimes, and Pleasures: Staffordshire Figures, 1810-1835.
• Figure groups including some similar molded elements: pp. 201-205, with those on pp. 201-2 most similar.