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Furniture Support

1820-1840 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

In the form of a bust of a woman, of earthenware covered with a manganese-brown glaze. The back of the head is cut away to form a horizontal surface which is incised with hatched lines.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware
Brief description
Furniture support, earthenware. English, perhaps made at the Rockingham Works, Swinton, 1820-1840
Physical description
In the form of a bust of a woman, of earthenware covered with a manganese-brown glaze. The back of the head is cut away to form a horizontal surface which is incised with hatched lines.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register height: 4 7/8in
Gallery label
Support of furniture Perhaps made at the Rockingham Works, Swinton, Staffordshire, 1820-40 Earthenware 3174-1901 Jermyn Street Collection(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology
Object history
Jermyn Street Collection
Historical context
Similar in body and glaze to a spirit flask in the form of a mermaid (in the possession of Miss Alice Feilding), bearing a label inscribed "James Alsop Bristol".
Production
Perhaps made at the Rockingham Works, Swinton.
Bibliographic references
  • Connoiseur, vol. XXVI (jan-april 1910), p. 192
  • H. Boswell Lancaster, "Problem of the dresser feet", Country Life, Sept, 24 1943, vol. XCIV
Collection
Accession number
3174-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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