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Figure group (Vicar and Moses)
Vicar and Moses
1790-1810
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.084
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.084
Object Name
Figure group (Vicar and Moses)
Title
Vicar and Moses
Category
Ceramics - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard Collection of English Pottery Figures
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1790-1810
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Circular label, handwritten in ink, "202" (Bernard Collection number)
Type: Inscription
Location: Front of base
Inscription: Script painted "Vicar & Moses"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Religious imagery
- Religion associated
- Satire
- Caricature
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Press-molded
- Molded
- Painted
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
11.25 (H) x 7.5 (W) x 4.563 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
28.575 (H) x 19.05 (W) x 11.59 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: 2000 Enduring Charm: Staffordshire Pottery Figures from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard.
• Published: p. 16, no. 17, 1790-1800Book: Tharp, Lars. 1997 Hogarth's China: Hogarth's Paintings and Eighteenth-Century Ceramics.
• William Hogarth as possible inspiration for design: pp. 72-73, figs.58, Hogarth "The Four Times of Day: Night," May 1738 engraving; fig. 60, The Parson and his Clerk, polychrome pearlware, (misdated) c. 1760.Book: Lewis, John & Lewis, Griselda. 1984 Pratt Ware: English and Scottish relief decorated and underglaze colored earthenware 1780-1840.
• Prattware plaque with same scene: p. 193, based "on well-known Ralph Wood design", c. 1790Book: Drakard, David. 1992 Printed English Pottery. History and Humour in the reign of George III 1760-1820.
• Examples of creamware printed with Vicar and Moses subject and Vicar and Moses verse: pp. 74- 75Article: Noel Hume, Ivor. 2005 John Bacon: Prince of Stoneware Potters. Ceramics in America. 20-36.
• Staffordshire salt-glazed brown stoneware jug with same scene in applied relief: pp.20, fig. 2; p. 27, fig. 9; p. 28, fig. 12. Signed by potter John Bacon and dated 1842.Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. 1991 English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840.
• Modern example in William Kent of Burslem's 1955 catalogue, p. 75, as "INEBRIATES No. 277": p. 288.Book: Oliver, Anthony. 1981 Staffordshire pottery : the tribal art of England.
• Modern example in William Kent (Porcelains) Ltd. of Burslem's 1960 catalogue listed as "INEBRIATES No. 277": p. 83, no. 107, on low oval base mound. (See nos. 106-110 and p. 102, no. 137 for more of the 370+ figures in the catalogue.)Catalogue: Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Very similar shape jug to 2009.0017 (lacking lid) with variation on the same Vicar and Moses scene: August 3, 2013 sale, lot 711, includes dedication to a Mr. Thompson.Book: Walford, Tom & Massey, Roger. Creamware and Pearlware Re-examined.
• Black-printed creamware mug portraying same scene "The Parson's Pleasure" over rhyme: p. 68, fig. 9,Book: Northern Ceramic Society. 1982 Stonewares and Stone Chinas of Northern England to 1851.
• Stoneware smear-glazed version of same figure group: p. 116, no. 218, "possibly modelled by William Massey. Base impressed 'TURNER', c. 1800."