The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every classJewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
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The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every class
Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
Pottery, British -- History
of his teeth is by no means agreeable to his offspring, as is
evident by the expression of pain on his countenance. The next
figure is Jupiter, the third is Neptune, the fourth Mars, and
the fifth either Adonis or Meleager, the emblem of the boar’s
head applying to either--the former being killed by a boar; the
latter having killed the boar; and as the head is cut off, and
lying at his feet, it is most probably Meleager, as he cut off
the head of the beast and presented it to Atalanta. The grey
ware consists of a bust of Charles II.; a bust of his queen,
Catherine of Braganza; another of James II., and a companion one
of his queen, Mary d’Este--all four of meritorious execution and
excellent likenesses; a statuette of Flora; a likeness of one
of the Dwight family, thirteen inches high; another of Adonis,
same height; and a likeness of a lady; a portrait of one of the
Dwights; a smaller pair of statuettes of a gentleman and lady
of the court of Charles II., probably intended as likenesses;
a curious figure, or rather bust, of one sleeping, or rather
lying on a pillow, for it was a death likeness, and is inscribed
‘Lydia Dwight, dyd March the 3rd, 1762;’ a drinking cup, called
Hogarth’s cup--it is lettered ‘Midnight Conversation,’ and
and has on it a representation of Hogarth’s picture in raised
figures, and also four arms of the City companies. There are
also four brown liqueur bottles, with white figures in relief,
_temp._ Charles II., with his initial letter; and one or two
specimens, such as a butter-boat and a couple of pickle saucers
of fine grey ware; but these appear of a somewhat different kind
of manufacture, and may have been brought from Delft.”[49]
Other productions were flip-cans, gorges, grey beards, ale pots,
bottles, mugs, single figures and groups, busts, statuettes, flasks,
leaf-dishes, &c. In the Jermyn Street Museum are some examples of this
ware, and others may be found in various private collections. Among the
latter may be named an historically interesting flip-can, belonging to
“Robinson Crusoe,” and carefully preserved by his family. It bears the
incised inscription--
“Alexander Selkirke. This is my one
When you take me on bord of ship
Pray fill me full with punch or flipp
Fulham,”
and is said to have been made for him in or about 1703.
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