Ewer emblematic of Water
Founder:
Unknown
(Probably)
Michel, Sigisbert-François
(After)
Bronze, cast and chased. Of antique ewer form, standing on a square base. A triton sits on the shoulder, and the body is decorated with a dolphin mask, and rushes.
History note: Formerly at Dorchester House
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 45 cm
Length: 23.2 cm
Width: 16.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1941-02-13) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
19th Century, first half#
Circa
1800
CE
-
1850
CE
Accessioned as English, but probably French. Probably derived from a model by Sigisbert-François Michel (1728-1811) exhibited in the Salon of the Académie de Saint-Luc in Paris in 1774. Designs for similar ewers were supplied to Josiah Wedgwood by John Flazman senior in 1775 and were made in black basalt and jasperware in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Foot
Depth 13 cm
Width 13 cm
Decoration
Casting (process)
: Bronze, cast, chased, and patinated
Patinating
Accession number: M.4-1941
Primary reference Number: 12385
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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