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Figure group (Persuasion ("Perswaition") (bocage))
Perswaition
1810-1825
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.076
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.076
Object Name
Figure group (Persuasion ("Perswaition") (bocage))
Title
Perswaition
Category
Ceramics - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard Collection of English Pottery Figures
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1810-1825
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Front of base
Inscription: Impressed "PERSWAITION"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Bernard collection label bearing the number "218"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: "JONATHAN HORNE" printed in an ornate cartouche
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: In blue print: "JONATHAN HORNE/ ANTIQUES/ "KENSINGTON CHURCH ST./ LONDON W8 4BY/ TELEPHONE 01- 221- 5658"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: "JONATHAN HORNE ANTIQUES LTD" label with blue handwriting: "77/04/ Staffordshire/ early 19th c./indecipherable"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Press-molded
- Molded
- Painted
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
7.83 (H) x 7.2 (W) x 5.98 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
19.9 (H) x 18.3 (W) x 15.2 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: 2000 Enduring Charm: Staffordshire Pottery Figures from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard.
• Published: p. 23, no. 45, c. 1815-25, attributed to John Walton (c. 1780-after 1835), Navigation Rd., Burslem, StaffordshireBook: Halfpenny, Patricia A. 1991 English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840.
• Possibly from same molds: p. 253, enameled, c. 1815-25Book: Schkolne, Myrna. 2014 Holding the Past: The William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection of Early English Pottery Figures.
• Closely similarly modeled example "Attributed to the 'Patriotic Group' pot bank": p. 115, no. 87 "Perswaiton," c. 1815 noting Fitzwilliam's so-inscribed example.Book: Poole, Julia E. 1995 English Pottery (Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks).
• Same model with differences in painted details: pp. 100-101, no. 45, probably John Walton, Burslem, Staffordshire, c. 1815-25Book: Schkolne, Myrna. 2006 People, Passions, Pasttimes, and Pleasures: Staffordshire Figures, 1810-1835.
• Same model, mate group and print source: p. 63, "COURT SHIP" figure; p. 64, "PERSWAITION" figure and 1809 print source.Book: Schkolne, Myrna. 2006 People, Passions, Pasttimes, and Pleasures: Staffordshire Figures, 1810-1835.
• Same model on footed base, with dog, like Winterthur's: p. 68.Book: Oliver, Anthony. 1981 Staffordshire pottery : the tribal art of England.
• Probably from same molds: p. 45, no. 53, also enameled