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Figure group (Queen and King of Sardinia)
Queen and King of Sardinia
1855-1860
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (white)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.142
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.142
Object Name
Figure group (Queen and King of Sardinia)
Title
Queen and King of Sardinia
Category
Ceramics - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard Collection of English Pottery Figures
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1855-1860
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Circular purple adhesive label, handwritten in black ink, "116" (Bernard Collection number)
Type: Label
Location: Lower back
Inscription: Rectangular adhesive label, handwritten in blue ink, "385.00"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Historical
- Monarchs and nobility
- Crimean War
- Government
- Victor Emmanuel II
Materials
- Earthenware (white)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Enameled
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
13.5 (H) x 8.375 (W) x 4 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
34.29 (H) x 21.273 (W) x 10.16 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Fair, Lauren & Mass, Jennifer. 2013 Polychrome Decoration on Staffordshire Figures: The Identification of a new enamel colorant and underglaze oxide recipes using technical analysis. Ars Ceramica. No. 25: 6-39.
• Published: p. 32, fig. 22Book: Harding, Adrian & Harding, Nicholas. 1998 Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875. 1.
• Possibly from same mold, with different painted details: p. 228, fig. 791, one of several models commemorating the Victoria Alliance during the Crimean War.Book: Poole, Julia E. 1995 English Pottery (Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks).
• Comparable group portraying Princess Royal and Prince Frederick William of Prussia: pp. 112-13, commemorating 1857 betrothal of Victoria, Princess Royal, to Frederick William.Book: 1990 L'Arte Tribale Inglese: ovvero Le Ceramiche Staffordshire Prima e Durante il Regno di Vittoria Regina.
• Similarly painted version (dress details differ), possibly from same mold: no. 83, Staffordshire, c. 1854