15929704220001312637261000Standard Recordobject-75382170810661579717026432440001708106603488fitz-onlineadlib-object-75382https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75382ea044de8-5dff-385b-935d-15e04178d5668referenceagent-187465adlib-agent-187465d3fc8613-c8f0-3358-af74-e50387ac06e5Harland, Bryan T.referenceterm-108348adlib-term-108348667e7a19-db33-3d85-bd9b-c2dafd8e02fftin-glazed earthenwarereferenceterm-110399adlib-term-110399c2c214aa-c7b2-3bbe-8460-214ed187b114English delftwareblue from cobaltreferenceterm-110730adlib-term-110730dae0f074-4d74-3f73-9137-7e8bbb36a2cehigh-temperature colourDecorationcobalt-bluereferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingBodybuff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed, and painted in bluereferenceterm-120082adlib-term-120082ea83ed85-6b07-3e7e-83fc-440cfda22f7ethrowingApplied Artstin-glazed earthenware bottle painted in blue with 'birds-on-rocks' pattern in late Ming style, and dated 1628 below the lower terminal of the handleBuff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed, and painted in blue. The bulbous body stands on a low foot which is concave in the centre underneath. It has a narow cylindrical neck with a rounded rim, and a loop handle which is concave on the inside and convex on the outside. The sides are decorated wth birds standing on rocks with flowers, a flying insect and a butterfly. Below there is a row of slanting Ss between horizontal bands and above on the shoulder, slanting stripes and dots between horizontal bands, and on the neck slanting Ss between horizontal bands. On either side of the handle there is a broad blue vertical stripe, and below it the date '1628'. The exterior of the handle is blue.referenceexhibition-2376adlib-exhibition-23763e2208a0-ad25-3b64-b03f-cb63aa00fd02Treasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the EnlightenmentC.5-19311accession numberC.5-193175382priref75382193119311931Glai9sher Addition numberGl. Add. 22-1931urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75382https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75382below the lower terminal of handlepainted in blue1628inscriptionreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPurchased with the Glaisher Fundreferenceagent-150858adlib-agent-150858d36d1847-4d6a-33eb-974b-f4b061db49f9Sotheby's193119311931boughtEntry date: 19311628CE1628dateddated1628probablypotteryreferenceagent-160592adlib-agent-1605924797b8ea-9c01-303d-80b7-deaa2d37d33aPickleherring Potteryproprietor of potteryreferenceagent-145380adlib-agent-145380836eca41-f04f-3fb7-bdf6-2cffd3f8ae98Wilhelm, ChristianIn the early seventeenth century the importation of Chinese late-Ming blue and white porcelain by the Dutch and English East India Companies, was creating a demand which European potters attempted to satisfy by imitating the decoration on the white surface of tin-glazed earthenware. This bottle decorated with a late Ming design known to collectors as 'birds on rocks' is one of the earliest examples of the influence of Cjhnese blue and white porcelain on English ceramics. Numerous fragments decorated with this pattern have been found on the south bank of the Thames in the area of the Montague Close, Pickleherriing and Rotherhithe potteries. However, the date, 1628. on this bottle is significant, because in that year a royal patent for the manufacture of galliware, the contemporary term for tin-glazed earthenware, was granted to Christian Wilhelm, the proprietor of a pottery at Pickleherring in Southwark. It therefore seems likely that the bottle was made at his pottery, which was probably in Vine Yard, a short distance south of Pickleherring Street. It was operating by 1618 and continued until 1723. The 'birds on rocks' pattern can be associated with Wilhelm because it occurs on kiln wasters found nearby at Potter's Fields, Southwark. After Wilhelm's death in 1630, his son-in-law Thomas Townsend inherited the pottery and appears to have continued making wares decorated with this pattern until the early 1640s. Six more bottles similar to this are known bearing he same date.referenceterm-121013adlib-term-121013299c1732-ddc2-3547-a136-ebe34ac3f15817th Century, second quarter#referenceterm-113823adlib-term-113823bd99bc24-55e4-332f-bb3e-5c4de69c88dcCharles Ireferenceterm-109817adlib-term-109817ebc71b47-d90d-30dc-9cc7-b31686b68783literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralSurreySurreyregionSouthwarkreferenceterm-39575adlib-term-39575cdf6707a-1eeb-3622-a26b-6e54f1f8d4abtin-glazereferenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwareHeightcm19.4referencemedia-170474adlib-media-170474478ecb95-b9fd-30ac-b502-c1eef58a7ab3jpegaa/aa27/C_5_1931_20_281_29.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels57016162520946441imagejpegaa/aa27/mid_C_5_1931_20_281_29.jpg1heightpixels667widthpixels50016162520946441imagejpegaa/aa27/C_5_1931_20_281_29.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels57016162520946441imagejpegaa/aa27/preview_C_5_1931_20_281_29.jpg1heightpixels333widthpixels25016162520946441image0media
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imagereferenceterm-91038adlib-term-91038459ca743-e7ff-3805-a9bc-8d51ebe88060wine bottleobject namereferenceterm-110399adlib-term-110399c2c214aa-c7b2-3bbe-8460-214ed187b114English delftwarecategorybottlehistory noteBryan T. Harland, Croydon; Mrs Bryan T. Harland; sold Sotheby's, 11 February, 1931, Catalogue of the Harland Collection, first day, p. 16, lot 81referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Vol. I, p. 168, no. 1293.168referencepublication-1031adlib-publication-1031a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55edCatalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgePubl. p. 108, no. 30108referencepublication-3442adlib-publication-3442ebbbd671-d3ca-33e4-810b-c1d7ccdfe299London DelftwarePubl. pp. 18-20, no. 418-20referencepublication-1030adlib-publication-10309cf77d50-a614-3947-8d0e-919f695fe7b0Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, English PotteryPubl. p. 220, no. E.1, attributed to Southwark, Pickleherring, Christian Wilhelm220referencepublication-7519adlib-publication-751966216bb6-1f3a-3a73-a29c-2d840342ae63Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museumreferencepublication-3435adlib-publication-3435afe4d0a6-f959-33ac-bcb6-daa2744cf555The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware, Volume 2, DelftwarePubl. p. 74, pl. 8874referencepublication-2806adlib-publication-2806b857d331-b8ae-396e-96f1-531b38e023feThe Art of Ceramics, European Ceramic Design 1500-1830Publ. p. 70, fig. 7270referencepublication-7751adlib-publication-7751cfa79c6e-ae29-31e3-85fa-3a838db1be3cTreasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the EnlightenmentRef. pp. 26-59, 4 The Pickleherring pothouse, Southwark, c 1618-1723. Provides information about the site of the pottery, documentary and archaeological evidence for it, and the forms and decoration of wares produced. A 'must read' for this pottery.26-59referencepublication-200002315adlib-publication-200002315a3381e15-7948-3077-a065-003750e45f3aLondon's Delftware Industry, The tin-glazed pottery industries of Southwark and Lambethreferencepublication-7143adlib-publication-71439165fcaa-34c7-38e1-bf2a-aaf326546300A Collection of English Pottery, Part XIIICf. p. 30-1, lot 5, a Southwark bottle, attributed to Christian Wilhelm, Pickleherring, also dated 1628. Estimate $80,000-120,00031-1referencepublication-5564adlib-publication-5564b194552f-9558-3151-b62b-9a5979d7a0a0Important English Pottery, The Harriet Carlton Goldweitz Collectionreferenceterm-121019adlib-term-121019ad88632e-7993-381b-90ee-eb4ae0f0d213Late Ming styleobject namereferenceterm-31121adlib-term-311211dde7ee9-e8e5-36ec-8138-143772ba3557rockanimalreferenceterm-106419adlib-term-1064196a020a7a-d710-3cb6-af17-8cd664abcf90birdliteralrockrockliteralbirdbirdreferenceterm-91038adlib-term-91038459ca743-e7ff-3805-a9bc-8d51ebe88060wine bottlewine bottlereferenceterm-120059adlib-term-120059dfa315b5-819d-37ab-ab22-bddfdbb3cbe7tin-glazingobject
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