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Description: | Artist: Unknown, pottery; Date(s): circa 1700 - 1800; Classification(s): stoneware, figure group, moulding, grey stoneware, press-moulded, painted in cobalt-blue and manganese-purple, and salt-glazed; Acquisition: bequeathed by Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr, 1928, Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest [C.2059-1928]
Description: Grey stoneware, moulded, painted in cobalt-blue and manganese-purple, and salt-glazed. The Virgin stands on a small irregular hexagonal base with straight slightly sloping sides. She is crowned and wears a manganese-purple dress, a blue over dress, and blue shoes. She holds the Christ Child in her left arm, supporting him with her right hand. He wears a small rounded crown, and long manganese-purple dress, and holds a blue orb in his left hand | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | Unknown stoneware figure group | Temporal: | name=18th century; start=1700; end=1800 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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