id: 97996
accession number: 1917.626
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Figure of Britannia, c. 1756. Made by Longton Hall Porcelain Factory (British, Staffordshire, 1749–60), decorated by Vauxhall Porcelain Factory (British, 1751–1764). Soft-paste porcelain; overall: 28 x 24.5 x 13.7 cm (11 x 9 5/8 x 5 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mary Warden Harkness 1917.626
title: Figure of Britannia
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creation date: c. 1756
creation date earliest: 1750
creation date latest: 1760
current location: 203A British Painting and Decorative Arts
creditline: Bequest of Mary Warden Harkness
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culture: England, Staffordshire
technique: soft-paste porcelain
department: Decorative Art and Design
collection: Decorative Arts
type: Ceramic
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CREATORS
* Longton Hall Porcelain Factory (British, Staffordshire, 1749–60) - maker
The first porcelain factory in Staffordshire, it was run by a salt-glaze potter, William Littler, from c. 1749 to 1760 and produced both decorative and useful wares in rather heavy soft-paste similar to that of Chelsea. Dishes, sauce-boats, teapots and small tureens composed of simulated overlapping leaves were a specialty. The Longton factory closed in 1760. (Dictionary of Decorative Arts. 1977, p. 493)
* Vauxhall Porcelain Factory (British, 1751–1764) - decorator
English porcelain manufactory, 1751-1764. The Vauxhall porcelain factory was run by the partnership of Nicholas Crisp, a merchant and owner of a jewelry shop in London, and John Saunders, a delftware potter.
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measurements: Overall: 28 x 24.5 x 13.7 cm (11 x 9 5/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
opening date: 1934-11-09T05:00:00
Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9-December 2, 1934).
title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00
The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
title: British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020)
opening date: 2020-06-30T04:00:00
British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Mary Warden Harkness [1864-1916], New York, NY, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?-1916
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1917-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
"Bequest of Mrs. Charles W. Harkness." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 4 (1917): 63.
page number: Mentioned: p. 63
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136090
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.
page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p.11
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook_80839/page/n13
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.
page number: Reproduced: p. 10
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n14
Milliken, William Mathewson. "European Porcelains Bequeathed by Mary Warden Harkness." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 15, no. 2 (February 1928): 57-59.
page number: Mentioned & reproduced: pp. 58-9
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25137108
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.626/1917.626_web.jpg
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