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Figure group (Tithe [Tythe] Pig Group)
1900-1950
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.167
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.167
Object Name
Figure group (Tithe [Tythe] Pig Group)
Category
Ceramics - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard Collection of English Pottery Figures
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1900-1950
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Round blue label, handwritten in ink, "34" (Bernard Collection number)
Type: Label
Location: Back of group
Inscription: Rectangular label, printed "BULL & BEAR/ INVESTMENT ANTIQUES", handwritten below in ink, $1500.00/ #8096/12"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Religious imagery
- Satire
- Tithe Pig
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
4.875 (H) x 7.25 (W) x 4.5 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
12.383 (H) x 18.415 (W) x 11.43 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: 2000 Enduring Charm: Staffordshire Pottery Figures from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard.
• Published: pp. 26-27, no. 67, though the book says "1820-25" and attributes the piece to Obadiah Sherratt, this actually probably dates quite a bit later.Book: Schkolne, Myrna. 2006 People, Passions, Pasttimes, and Pleasures: Staffordshire Figures, 1810-1835.
• Several variations on same group: p. 277 (early, similarly composed group with large tree); p. 278 (spill vase version); pp. 280-81, two more with trees.Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. 1991 English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840.
• Earlier versions of subject: pp. 221 & 257Book: Bradshaw, Peter. 1981 18th Century English Porcelain Figures 1745-1795.
• Derby porcelain Tithe Pig figure group: p. 207, pl. 120, showing c. 1772 version of type first issued c. 1765.Catalogue: Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Similar group: February 22-23, 2008, lot 214Catalogue: Sotheby & Co.. auction catalogue: .
• Same subject bocage figure, differing in some design details: London, Morgan collection, November 20, 1979, lot 65, attributed to Walton.Book: Schkolne, Myrna. 2006 People, Passions, Pasttimes, and Pleasures: Staffordshire Figures, 1810-1835.
• 1751 "The Tythe Pig" print with similar subject and poem: p. 282Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. 1991 English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840.
• Spill vase version of same group: p. 204, c. 1810-20Book: 1990 L'Arte Tribale Inglese: ovvero Le Ceramiche Staffordshire Prima e Durante il Regno di Vittoria Regina.
• Tithe pig group on rococo oval base with large bocage: no. 48, enameled, Staffordshire, c. 1820Catalogue: Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Pearlware (uncolored) Tithe Pig jug with farmer holding pig and, nearby, basket of eggs: October 25, 2009, lot 605Book: Fennimore, Donald L., et al. 1992 The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Volume IV Decorative Arts.
• Derby Farmer and pig (freestanding) from group portraying same theme: pp. 62-63, no. 37, c. 1760Book: Northern Ceramic Society. Made in Liverpool: Liverpool Pottery and Porcelain 1700-1850.
• Richard Chaffers, Liverpool porcelain mug, Wedgwood creamware mug, and Sadler Liverpool delft mug and tile portraying same theme: pp. 121-122, nos. 184-187Article: Tilley, Frank. 06//1963 Ravenet an Engraver for Battersea Transfers on Saltglaze Plates: The Final Link in the Chain of Evidence. The Antique Collector. XXXIV: 121-128.
• Salt-glazed stoneware plate bearing overglaze print portraying Tithe Pig: p. 123, fig. 8 & p. 125, listing other objects bearing variations on the scene.Book: Peirce, Donald C. 1988 English Ceramics: The Frances and Emory Cocke Collection.
• Derby soft paste porcelain Tithe Pig group: p. 126, no. 122, polychrome enameled group, c. 1760Book: Miller, J. Jefferson. 1974 English Yellow-Glazed Earthenware.
• Yellow ware (canary ware) teapot with print portraying same theme: p. 74, no. 40, probably Phillips & Co., Sunderland, c. 1815-20