William Shakespeare
Figure
ca. 1800-1805 (made)
ca. 1800-1805 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
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 Derby factory first made this model with a plain square base. As fashions changed, the base was replaced with an elaborately scrolled Rococo one, and in the 1780s, with the octagonal fluted slab used here. Such figures would probably have been used as library or mantlepiece ornaments.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | William Shakespeare |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast in sections and painted in enamels |
| Brief description | C |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs Blackett |
| 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. |
| 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 Derby factory first made this model with a plain square base. As fashions changed, the base was replaced with an elaborately scrolled Rococo one, and in the 1780s, with the octagonal fluted slab used here. Such figures would probably have been used as library or mantlepiece ornaments. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.1133-1924 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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