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The original painting belonged to the Duke of Devonshire.<br><br><b>Historical Association</b><br>The display of 'False Principles of Decoration', held at Marlborough House, London, in 1852, included a tray, no. 79, which may have been this one. The catalogue explained that the tray had been selected because of the incongruous combination of the copy of the painting with the gilt border and mother-of-pearl decoration. Charles Dickens also described 'that tray with a bit of one of Landseer's pictures on it' in his satirical description of the display, 'A House Full of Horrors', which appeared in his magazine <i>Household Words</i> in December 1852.<br><br><b>People</b><br>Jennens & Bettridge, the firm run by Theodore Hyla Jennens and John Bettridge between 1816 and 1864, were famous for the range of papier-mƒch‚ goods manufactured in their factory at 99 Constitution Hill, Birmingham. They also had premises at 6 Halkin Street West, Belgrave Square, London. The company produced a range of products, including writing boxes, trays, fans and larger pieces of furniture such as chairs, tables and sofas. This tray is signed indistinctly with the firm's name.","physicalDescription":"A large tray with shaped edges of the form known by the manufacturers as 'king-gothic', of papier-mâché, the ground black, with a frame of gilded rococo motifs highlighted with inlaid mother-of-pearl, the centre painted in polychrome with a detail from Sir Edwin Landseer's painting Bolton Castle in Olden Time, which was painted in 1834","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Jennens and Bettridge","id":"A9140"},"association":{"text":"manufacturer","id":"x33306"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"Papier-mache","id":"AAT14245"}],"techniques":[{"text":"painting","id":"x30598"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Papier mâché, painted, gilded and inlaid with mother-of-pearl","categories":[{"text":"Eating","id":"THES48963"},{"text":"Drinking","id":"THES48965"},{"text":"Tea, Coffee & Chocolate wares","id":"THES48886"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"FWK","id":"THES48597"},"images":["2006AN2486","2017KB7817"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"122G","id":"THES49219"},"free":"","case":"CA2","shelf":"","box":"24"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Tray","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Birmingham","id":"x28748"},"association":{"text":"manufactured","id":"x29350"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1850","earliest":"1845-01-01","latest":"1854-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"35.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"48.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"2.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 14/01/1999 by kl","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Marked with an indistinct signature, in script, for Jennens & Bettridge","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":"A8877"},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"Manufactured by the firm of Jennens & Bettridge, Birmingham","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Tray with picture of huntsman returning and cook with fish, English, ca. 1850, Jennens & Bettridge","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Jones, Yvonne, <i>Japanned Papier-Mâché and Tinware c. 1740-1940</i>.  Woodbridge, Antique Collectors' Club, 2012 (ISBN 978 1 85149 686 0), p. 105, fig. 95"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Cohen, Deborah, <i>Household Gods. The British and their Possessions</i>. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006, p. 21, illustrated."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nThis tray fits the description of one included in the False Principles display as 'An example of popular taste, presenting numerous features which the student should carefully avoid'. These included a copy of the painting  'Bolton Abbey in the Olden Times' by Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-1873), that would be hidden when the tray was in use, and the glittering mother-of-pearl scattered around the edge.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["W.6-1920"],"accessionNumberNum":"6","accessionNumberPrefix":"W","accessionYear":1920,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LN1328","2019LP1611","2019LU5164"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-25","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}