Shakespeare
Figure
ca. 1765-1770 (made)
ca. 1765-1770 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The design is based on the monument to William Shakespeare in Westminster Abbey, London, designed by William Kent and carved by Peter Scheemakers, 1740. The Derby factory probably took manufacturing moulds from a plaster model obtained from one of the London plaster shops.The factory first made this model with a plain square base. As fashions changed, the base was replaced with the elaborately scrolled Rococo one used here, and in the 1780s, this was in turn replaced by an octagonal fluted slab. Such figures would probably have been used as library or mantlepiece ornaments.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Shakespeare (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, enamelled and gilt |
| Brief description | Figure of Shakespeare, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1765-1770 |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mrs Mary Margaret Lindsay |
| Historical context | The design is based on the monument to William Shakespeare in Westminster Abbey, London, designed by William Kent and carved by Peter Scheemakers, 1740. |
| Production | Label - freely copied from Scheemaker's marble monument in Westminster Abbey. |
| Summary | The design is based on the monument to William Shakespeare in Westminster Abbey, London, designed by William Kent and carved by Peter Scheemakers, 1740. The Derby factory probably took manufacturing moulds from a plaster model obtained from one of the London plaster shops.The factory first made this model with a plain square base. As fashions changed, the base was replaced with the elaborately scrolled Rococo one used here, and in the 1780s, this was in turn replaced by an octagonal fluted slab. Such figures would probably have been used as library or mantlepiece ornaments. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 90-1870 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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