A fun and flamboyant Staffordshire figure celebrating the great French dancer and choreographer, Jules Perrot (1810 - 1892). The figure loosely resembles etchings and illustrations of Perrot’s dancing roles in the 1840s. Specifically, this figure is thought to depict him in the role of Albrecht in Giselle, a ballet composed specifically for Perrot’s wife, Carlotta Grisi, with whom he appeared. A pair to this figure (Grisi as Giselle) is recorded.
Perrot stands in a dancing pose with one hand on his head and the other on his hip. He wears a cobalt blue jacket, a white and gilt striped top, a tartan sash tucked into bright pink pantaloons with a black floral patterns, peach-coloured tights, black ballet pumps, yellow gloves, and a gilt headband. He is backed by a column and standing on a simply white base with a gilt band and flower motif.
The figure is well coloured and presents very nicely. There is a firing flaw in the form of a crack on the base, the result of mishandling during manufacture. There is some loss to the black floral patterns on Perrot’s pantaloons.
Reference: A. & N. Harding, Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835 - 1875, Book One, p.341, fig. 1278
Height: 8.5”
Date: c. 1840s
Provenance: The Sheila Brooks Collection
A fun and flamboyant Staffordshire figure celebrating the great French dancer and choreographer, Jules Perrot (1810 - 1892). The figure loosely resembles etchings and illustrations of Perrot’s dancing roles in the 1840s. Specifically, this figure is thought to depict him in the role of Albrecht in Giselle, a ballet composed specifically for Perrot’s wife, Carlotta Grisi, with whom he appeared. A pair to this figure (Grisi as Giselle) is recorded.
Perrot stands in a dancing pose with one hand on his head and the other on his hip. He wears a cobalt blue jacket, a white and gilt striped top, a tartan sash tucked into bright pink pantaloons with a black floral patterns, peach-coloured tights, black ballet pumps, yellow gloves, and a gilt headband. He is backed by a column and standing on a simply white base with a gilt band and flower motif.
The figure is well coloured and presents very nicely. There is a firing flaw in the form of a crack on the base, the result of mishandling during manufacture. There is some loss to the black floral patterns on Perrot’s pantaloons.
Reference: A. & N. Harding, Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835 - 1875, Book One, p.341, fig. 1278
Height: 8.5”
Date: c. 1840s
Provenance: The Sheila Brooks Collection
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