Awaiting location update
Titles
part of set with a basin
Maker(s)
Silversmith:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Silver-gilt; embossed and chased with spiral fluting and rocaille decoration. The handle surmounted by a dragon.
Silver-gilt; with embossed, chased and engraved ornament, the handle cast and chased. The enlongated pear-shaped body rising at the front into a curved lip. The short knopped stem stands on a domed foot with circular shaped edge. The scroll handle is surmounted by the body of a winged dragon whose tail coils round the handle. The body of the ewer is embossed and chased with spiral fluting and rocaille cartouches which have tails of flowers and foliage. Engraved at the back and on each side of the neck is a spray of flowers, and under the lip is a rocaille cartouche enclosing the crest of Ormonde beneath the coronet of a Marquis. The foot is similarly fluted and embossed and chased with spiral fluting, rocaille cartouches and flowers. (with M.11-1982 and M.10A-1982)
Notes
History note: Walter Butler, 18th Earl of Ormonde, created 1st Marquis of Ormonde, 1816, and by descent in the Ormonde family.
Legal notes
Allocated by the Minister for the Arts from the list of objects accepted in lieu of capital taxes from the estate of the Most Honourable James Arthur Norman Butler, 6th Marquis of Ormonde
Measurements and weight
Weight: 1074 g
Weight: 34:10 oz:dwt
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Allocated
(1982-06-19)
by
the estate of James Butler, 6th Marquis of Ormonde
Dating
18th Century, Mid
José I
Production date:
circa
AD 1765
Note
There are no maker's or town marks
School or Style
Rococo
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Surface
composed of
gilt
To Top Of Handle
Height 30.8 cm
Height 12⅛ in
Lip To Handle
Width 21 cm
Width 8¼ in
Body
Decoration
Handle
Joins
Materials used in production
Silver
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.10-1982
Primary reference Number: 119326
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 23 August 2016
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
