Figure
ca. 1753-1755 (made)
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Figure of a Thames waterman wearing the fouled anchor badge of the Admiralty barge on his outstretched left arm. He is standing, wearing a yellow coat with pink lining, black breeches, pink-lined black cap and lavender neck-tie. Plain white mound base with tree stump.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Figure of a Thames waterman, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1753-1755. |
| Physical description | Figure of a Thames waterman wearing the fouled anchor badge of the Admiralty barge on his outstretched left arm. He is standing, wearing a yellow coat with pink lining, black breeches, pink-lined black cap and lavender neck-tie. Plain white mound base with tree stump. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot |
| Object history | London, Hyam, 1928. From the Dr. Bellamy Gardner Collection. Exhibited at the Chelsea China Exhibition June 1924. See "The Cheyne Book of Chelsea China & Pottery", no. 167, p. 50, pl. 6. In 1715 Thomas Doggett, the comedian, founded the coat and badge as a prize to be rowed for by the Thames watermen, on August 1st annually, between London Bridge and the Old Swan at Chelsea, in commemoration of the accession of George I. The actual silver badge bears the White Hanoverian Horse. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Starkey, David. Royal River. Power Pageantry and the Thames. London, 2012. 63,75,177, 209 pp, ill. ISBN 978-1-85759-700-4 |
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| Accession number | C.80-1938 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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