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Ewer emblematic of Water: M.4-1941

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 7 (Courtauld)

Titles

Ewer emblematic of Water

Maker(s)

Founder: Unknown (Probably)
Michel, Sigisbert-François (After)

Entities

Categories

Description

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.

Notes

History note: Formerly at Dorchester House

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Height: 45 cm
Length: 23.2 cm
Width: 16.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Paris ⪼ France

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1941-02-13) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

19th Century, first half#
Circa 1800 CE - 1850 CE

Note

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.

School or Style

Neoclassical

Components of the work

Foot Depth 13 cm Width 13 cm
Decoration

Materials used in production

Bronze
Patina

Techniques used in production

Casting (process) : Bronze, cast, chased, and patinated
Patinating

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.4-1941
Primary reference Number: 12385
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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