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Small vases on pedestals were also set out on dining tables during the dessert course of grand dinners, although such vases were usually unglazed. Pairs and sets of Derby porcelain figures were also sold with pedestals of this general type.<br><br><b>People</b><br>The Neo-classical sculptor John Bacon (1740-1799) may have designed these pedestals and the vases made to go on them. He was paid the remarkably large sum of £104 for models by William Duesbury (1725-1786), the owner of the Derby factory, between 1769 and 1771.<br><br><b>Trading</b><br>The Derby factory aimed at the top end of the market and sold much of its output from factory showrooms in Covent Garden, London. The factory also held auctions in London and had agents elsewhere, notably Bath. One London auction of 1773 included a pair of vases and pedestals similar to these. They were described as 'a pair of curious antique urns and pedestals' with goat's-head handles and gilding, and realized nearly £10.  At that time, Chelsea and Derby modellers earned around £2 11s. per week.","physicalDescription":"Pedestal of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Consisting of a plinth with four incurved sides, from the corners of which rise legs each with a satyr's mask at the top. Festoons of laurel are suspended from the masks, and the panels between the legs are filled in with openwork of scrolled foliage. The pedestal is richly gilded and with a ground of claret-colour in places.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Bacon, John (the elder)","id":"A8107"},"association":{"text":"modeller","id":"AAT25417"},"note":"after"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Derby porcelain factory","id":"A9087"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"soft paste porcelain","id":"AAT10665"},{"text":"enamels","id":"AAT14910"}],"techniques":[{"text":"gilded","id":"AAT53789"},{"text":"painted","id":"AAT54216"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Porcelain","id":"THES48907"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006AM3426"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"118D","id":"THES49229"},"free":"","case":"CA2","shelf":"","box":"4"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Pedestal","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Derby","id":"x31922"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1772-1774","earliest":"1772-01-01","latest":"1774-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"485-1875","id":"O77635"},"association":"Set"}],"creditLine":"Bequeathed by Herbert Allen","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"9.21","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Registered Description; 11/02/1999 by KN","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"An anchor","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"In red"}],"objectHistory":"One of a pair with C.211A-1935. Formerly in the collection of Captain Ernlé Warriner. Possibly after a model by the sculptor John Bacon the Elder (born in London, 1740, died there in 1799).","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Pedestal of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, model after John Bacon, Derby porcelain factory, Derby, 1772-1774.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Twitchett, John. <u>Derby Porcelain</u>. 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Vase forms also influenced the shape of practical items of all sorts, from tea canisters to candlesticks. Designers plundered sources far and wide for new designs, from Greek pottery to 16th- and 17th-century prints.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["C.211-1935"],"accessionNumberNum":"211","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1935,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LM5723","2019LP9402","2019LP3529","2019LU3808","2019LW2428"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-11-14","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}