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Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Chasse au Lapin

Figure Group
ca.1860-ca.1875 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Unglazed 'Parian' porcelain figure group consisting of three terriers, two of which are smooth-coated, the third with longer, curly hair, who are scrambling over each other to look down a rabbit hole. Ivy leaves grow on the surrounding bank. The whole group is modelled on an oval plinth.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Chasse au Lapin (assigned by artist)
  • Terriers Group (popular title)
Materials and techniques
White unglazed 'Parian' porcelain
Brief description
Unglazed white porcelain figure group of three terriers on an oval plinth, Copeland, Stoke on Trent, about 1860-75, after a wax model by Pierre Jules Mène, about 1855
Physical description
Unglazed 'Parian' porcelain figure group consisting of three terriers, two of which are smooth-coated, the third with longer, curly hair, who are scrambling over each other to look down a rabbit hole. Ivy leaves grow on the surrounding bank. The whole group is modelled on an oval plinth.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.7cm
  • Length: 32.5cm
  • Maximum depth: 15.5cm
Credit line
Given by Professor R. Y. Ball in memory of his parents, Clifford Y. Ball and Joan B. Ball
Object history
The wax model on which this porcelain group was based was exhibited at the Exposition Universal in Paris in 1855. A bronze cast from the model was shown at the Paris Salon in 1872.
Production
Original wax model made about 1855
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.59-2004

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Record createdSeptember 9, 2004
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