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Figure (Woman (Welsh woman))
1845-1855
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (white)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.103
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.103
Object Name
Figure (Woman (Welsh woman))
Category
Ceramics - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard Collection of English Pottery Figures
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1845-1855
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Label with "RARE STAFFORDSHIRE FIGURE OF/ WELSH HEROINE 'JENNIE JONES'/ CIRCA 1845. ACQUIRED FROM OLIVER-SUTTON/ ANTIQUES ON 10-28-92..."
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Bernard collection label with number "19"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Earthenware (white)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Press-molded
- Painted
- Gilded
- Extruded
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
12.2 (H) x 4.4 (W) x 3.3 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
31.1 (H) x 11.3 (W) x 8.3 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: 2000 Enduring Charm: Staffordshire Pottery Figures from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard.
• Published: p. 30, no. 85, "Jennie Jones", c. 1845Book: Harding, Adrian & Harding, Nicholas. 1998 Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875. 1.
• Somewhat similar figures portraying "Jenny Jones": p. 315 fig. 152 with that figure's print source, a lithographic music front by E Walker and J. C. Rowland, published by Thomas Catherall of Chester.Book: Pugh, P. D. Gordon. 1987 Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Era.
• Another somewhat similar figure: p. I511, Jenny Jones.Book: Harding, Adrian & Harding, Nicholas. 1998 Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875. 2.
• Somewhat similarly costumed Welsh women in jackets, skirts, aprons, and tall hats : pp. 140-41, fig. 2206 (playing harp); fig. 141, in group with man, both with baskets over arms.Book: Oliver, Anthony. 1981 Staffordshire pottery : the tribal art of England.
• Two groups and a print confirming Winterthur figure (based on costume) represents a Welsh Woman: p. 164, nos. 217-218, with one woman from a couple (no. 217 left) nearly mirroring the Winterthur figure. c. 1848.