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Figure group (Tithe [Tythe] Pig Group)
Tithe [Tythe] Pig Group
Louis Pierre Boitard
1805-1815
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Louis Pierre Boitard (Design inspiration)
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2003.0013.064
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Mrs. Helen Shumway Mayer
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Object Number
2003.0013.064
Object Name
Figure group (Tithe [Tythe] Pig Group)
Title
Tithe [Tythe] Pig Group
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Louis Pierre Boitard (Design inspiration)
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1805-1815
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside of base
Inscription: Decorator's mark? hand-painted in black enamel "16"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Round red adhesive label with "33" handwritten in black ink
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Rectangular adhesive label with "6" handwritten in blue ink
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Round black label with gold printing, "GUARANTEED/ GENUINE/ D. M. & P./ MANHEIM/ 46 EAST 57TH STREET/ NEW YORK CITY"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Religious imagery
- Satire
- Tithe Pig
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Extruded
Dimensions (inches)
7.12 (H) x 5.25 (W) x 3.5 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
18.085 (H) x 13.335 (W) x 8.89 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
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: Halfpenny, Patricia A. 1991 English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840.
• Similar 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.Book: Barrett, Franklin A. & Thorpe, Arthur L. 1971 Derby Porcelain 1750- 1848.
• Derby soft paste version: plate 67Catalogue: Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Late version: 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.Catalogue: 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: Drakard, David. 1992 Printed English Pottery. History and Humour in the reign of George III 1760-1820.
• Tythe pig creamware and delft discussion: pp. 72-74, nos. 171-174, noting Boitard 1751 print as inspiration.Book: 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: Bradshaw, Peter. 1990 Derby Porcelain Figures 1750- 1848.
• Tithe (or Tythe) Pig group in Derby porcelain: pp. 341-42, fig. 284, no. 293, including related rhyme and noting designs is after Boitard engraving after J. S. Muller, c. 1751.Book: 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