An exquisite and very rare pearlware holy water stoup depicting the crucifixion of Christ.
Christ, His side pierced, is crucified on a large brown cross with the inscription ‘INRI’ above His head. Above the inscription is a floral decoration pierced with two holes for hanging with a nail (a modern cable has been threaded through the holes to effect a means of hanging). Green winding branches grow around the cross, culminating in the faces of angels at two lateral stations. Beneath the scene is a colourful stoup decorated with red and yellow and another angel’s face and wings. The flat reverse side is undecorated and a later rubber stopper has been affixed to the bottom of the stoup to enable straight hanging without risking impact damage to the bottom of the stoup.
This beautiful stoup is a rare example, and early mountable stoups like this rarely come to market. Myrna Schkolne records three very similar pearlware crucifixion stoups in the collection of Elinor Penna. This particular stoup is was in the collection (and photographed in the book) of Stephen Duckworth.
The stoup is offered in very good condition with no apparent loss. There is a very slight hairline crack through Christ’s right wrist, and a similar, stable, almost imperceptible hairline crack through the ‘west’ branch of the crucifix (only really visible on the back). I can find no obvious signs of restoration or repair. As ever with early Staffordshire, I cannot offer a firm guarantee that there is no restoration but I can say that any restoration (if there is any) has been carried out very professionally.
Reference: Stephen Duckworth, Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Religious Figures, p. 63, fig. 6.6
Height: 28cm
Date: c. 1820
Provenance: The Stephen Duckworth Collection
An exquisite and very rare pearlware holy water stoup depicting the crucifixion of Christ.
Christ, His side pierced, is crucified on a large brown cross with the inscription ‘INRI’ above His head. Above the inscription is a floral decoration pierced with two holes for hanging with a nail (a modern cable has been threaded through the holes to effect a means of hanging). Green winding branches grow around the cross, culminating in the faces of angels at two lateral stations. Beneath the scene is a colourful stoup decorated with red and yellow and another angel’s face and wings. The flat reverse side is undecorated and a later rubber stopper has been affixed to the bottom of the stoup to enable straight hanging without risking impact damage to the bottom of the stoup.
This beautiful stoup is a rare example, and early mountable stoups like this rarely come to market. Myrna Schkolne records three very similar pearlware crucifixion stoups in the collection of Elinor Penna. This particular stoup is was in the collection (and photographed in the book) of Stephen Duckworth.
The stoup is offered in very good condition with no apparent loss. There is a very slight hairline crack through Christ’s right wrist, and a similar, stable, almost imperceptible hairline crack through the ‘west’ branch of the crucifix (only really visible on the back). I can find no obvious signs of restoration or repair. As ever with early Staffordshire, I cannot offer a firm guarantee that there is no restoration but I can say that any restoration (if there is any) has been carried out very professionally.
Reference: Stephen Duckworth, Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Religious Figures, p. 63, fig. 6.6
Height: 28cm
Date: c. 1820
Provenance: The Stephen Duckworth Collection
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