Fire
Figure
1772-1775 (modelled)
1772-1775 (modelled)
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| Place of origin |
Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of Fire represented by a bearded man in the guise of Vulcan, with a flowered scarf thrown loosely round his naked body, in the act of forging a thunderbolt on an anvil;d both arms are raised to swing a hammer, and at his feet is a breast-plate with a lion's head shoulder-piece
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Fire (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of Fire represented by a bearded man in the guise of Vulcan, made by Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, modelled 1772-1775 |
| Physical description | Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of Fire represented by a bearded man in the guise of Vulcan, with a flowered scarf thrown loosely round his naked body, in the act of forging a thunderbolt on an anvil;d both arms are raised to swing a hammer, and at his feet is a breast-plate with a lion's head shoulder-piece |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'T°' [Impressed] (The mark of the 'repairer', traditionally identified as 'Tebo' but possibly John Toulouse or another) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of four figures, emblematic of the Elements, with 414:731/ to C-1885 (Sch. I 743 to C) Lady Charlotte Schreiber purchased three of these figures from Heigham or Higham, London, for £24 in July 1868 and the fourth from Wareham, London, for £10 10 shillings in July 1871 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Other number | Sch. I 743B - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:731/B-1885 |
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| Record created | February 19, 2009 |
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