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Godfrey Evans Arlott’s Immortals Figure



Date:
1981
Object Number:
M.2017.26.8
Creator
D'Aquino Studio (manufacturer)
Production notes
From the series of cricketers known as ‘Arlott’s Immortals’. The figure was modelled in plaster of Paris and then made in bone china in de Aquino’s Studio. D’Aquino said that the secret of obtaining stability in the kiln was to add a percentage of dental porcelain. The figure is first biscuit fired to 1250 C then polished and sprayed with clear glaze on the hot biscuit to obtain a very thin coat of glaze, then fired to 1140 C. The on-glaze decoration is next. Each colour is built up coat by coat and each coat has to be fired on separately, first at 820 C and subsequently at 740 C
Material
enamel, bone china
Size
ht: 22.5 cm
Object name
figure figurine
Object category
ceramics

Description

Figure of Godfrey Evans, as a wicket-keeper, bone china painted in enamel colours. The figure crouches sideways with knees bent to catch a ball at the side. The figure is wearing a black cap, full cricket clothes, including pads and wicket-keeper gloves with red palms. He is standing on a round green base; which is on a round, wooden base. Marked with ‘No 25 D’Aquino’ on side of green. Includes signed limited edition guarantee
Association:
Thomas Godfrey Evans