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Figure (Boy with magnifying glass or Fire)
Fire
1820-1830
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.071
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.071
Object Name
Figure (Boy with magnifying glass or Fire)
Title
Fire
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: Interior of base
Inscription: Bernard collection label with the number "207"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Elements
- Allegory
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Enameled
- Extruded
Dimensions (inches)
6.5 (H) x 3.5 (W) x 2.9 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
16.4 (H) x 8.8 (W) x 7.4 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. 1991 English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840.
• Similar example marked "I.DALE BURSLEM": p. 243. Similar piece marked "SALT," p. 235.Book: Schkolne, Myrna. 2006 People, Passions, Pasttimes, and Pleasures: Staffordshire Figures, 1810-1835.
• Very similarly modeled figures and bases with different painted details: p. 30, marked (left) "SALT" and (right) "DALE"; center is differently based version marked "WALTON"Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. 1991 English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840.
• Similar model overal, enameled, with impressed "SALT" mark: p. 235, also inscribed "FIRE", c. 1820-30