Charger

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1700

MediumEarthenware with slip and lead glaze

DimensionsOverall: 16 1/4 inches (41.28 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Burnap

Object number41-23/781

On View

On view

Gallery Location

Collections

Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

Terms

Exhibition History

English Ceramics, 1630-1830, Detroit Institute of Arts, January 12-February 28, 1954.

Selection from the Burnap Collection of English Ceramics, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco. February 2-March 2, 1964.

Exhibition, Antique Company of New York, May 3-17, 1966.

Gallery Label

The 18th century marked the beginning of English figure manufacture on a commercial scale. Made with molds, these forms could be reproduced at a reasonable cost, which attracted the middle class, the main patrons of earthen and stoneware objects. Familiar figures of both animals and humans, including men and women in everyday pursuits, appealed to conservative sensibilities. The charming figures of a cat, dog, lion, rabbit and owl in this case represent the English delight in ceramic animals made purely for decoration. Both domestic and foreign animals were popular subjects.

Provenance

Mr. Frank P. (1861-1957) and Mrs. Harriet C. (1866-1947) Burnap, Kansas City, MO, by 1941;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1941.

Published References

Bernard Rackham, Herbert Read, and J. W. L. Glaisher. English Pottery: Its Development from Early times to the End of the Eighteenth Century (London: E. Benn, Limited, 1924) 25, unpaginated (repro.).

D. Barrett Tanner, “Burnap Collection of English Pottery, Part II, the Early Wares,” The Magazine Antiques vol. 49 (March 1946): 170-171 (repro.).

Ronald G. Cooper. English Slipware Dishes:1650-1850 (London: Tiranti, 1968) 84-85, unpaginated (repro.).

Deborah Emont Scott, ed., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, 7th ed. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2008), 86 (repro.).

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