Cup and Saucer with an Abolitionist Scene, Etruria Works, c. 1853 - c. 1863

Cup and Saucer with an Abolitionist Scene, Etruria Works, c. 1853 - c. 1863

porcelain, h c.6cm × d c.7cm More details

This cup and saucer were probably made for a Dutch women’s committee dedicated to the fight against slavery. Faith was important in this pursuit, as indicated by the text on the saucer. We see a kneeling, chained man begging for freedom. Used by the European anti-slavery movement, this image belies the gruelling, active struggle for freedom and abolition of slavery by enslaved people themselves.

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Identification

Title(s)

Cup and Saucer with an Abolitionist Scene
Kop en schotel met antislavernij-afbeelding

Object type

Object number

NG-1994-53-A

Description

Kop met rood en blauw belijmde rand en zwart drukdecor: een geknielde en geketende tot slaaf gemaakte man van Afrikaanse oorsprong, met beide handen ten hemel gekeerd. De voorstelling is gebaseerd op een ontwerp van Joshua Wedgwood.

Creation

Artist

porcelain company: Etruria Works

Place

England (possibly)

Dating

c. 1853 - c. 1863

Material and Technique

Material

porcelain

Measurements

height c. 6 cm × diameter c. 7 cm
diameter 3.7 cm

Explanatory note

Hernhutters

Subject

What

slavery; serfs and enslaved persons

When

1840 - 1860

Where

Suriname

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1994

Copyright

Public domain

Relations

Kop en schotel met antislavernij-afbeelding
AC-00054010object | reproductionobject | reproductie03018RM0001.COLLECT.1500054009
AC-00054014object | reproductionobject | reproductie03022RM0001.COLLECT.1500054013

Documentation

1800-1900, cat.nr. 61
Ketens en banden, Eveline Sint Nicolaas, p. 170, afb. 7.32
Op de zeef van de tijd, Nelleke Noordervliet, p. 152, fig. 11
A slave shackle with a story, Maria Holtrop
Gekooide levens, Susan 1955- Legêne, afb. 3, 4 (detail)
Shackles and bonds, Eveline Sint Nicolaas, p. 170, fig. 7.32
M.P.H. Roessingh, 'Een anti-slavernij kop en schotel', Verslagen en aanwinsten 1982-1983, Stichting cultuurgeschiedenis van de Nederlanders overzee, p. 34-37.

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