IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 139825 accession number: M.114-1961 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 30 January 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Circular copper plate with slightly raised edge, narrow rim, and shallow well with curved sides. The plate has a black ground. The central design is enamelled over a white ground in translucent blue, turquoise, green, yellow, and mulberry enamels over silver foils, and opaque white, flesh-pink and black highlighted with gold. The cavetto has a black ground painted in gold. The rim has a black ground except for the foiled areas and the flesh areas which have a white preparation. The edge is white. The reverse is enamelled in grisaille with dark salmon-pink on a black ground painted in gold The underside of the rim has a black ground painted in gold. The central design shows Joseph riding in Pharaoh's Chariot known as The Triumph of Joseph. Joseph, is seated a chariot on the right, with a crowd of Egyptians in front of him. In the background there are three buildings: on the right, a circular domed building with Corinthian columns round its circumference; in the middle, a smaller low building with a sloping roof, and on the left, a rectangular building with a triangular gable and arcaded lower storey. "G.XLI" is inscribed in gold on the sky. The sides are decorated with gold foliated scrolls between horizontal bands. On the rim are two different female masks wearing fabric headdresses, and two different crowned male masks, separated by vases flanked by pairs of tritons with tablets over their curly tails, with sprays of gold foliage in the spaces. The reverse is enamelled en grisaille. In the centre there is a white flowerhead comprising a rosette, a broad circle and twelve petals, Around this are two dark salmon-pink masks without hair and two with hair, with drapery issuing from their mouths, confined by broad strapwork and fruit on stems. The black ground is decorated with gold arabesques, and on the rim, thee is a wreath of gold leaves and berries between gold bands. The mark "I.C." is painted in black on a white circle surrounding the central rosette. object type: Copper, enamelled in polychrome and gilded with the Triumph of Joseph'; reverse enamelled en grisaille and gilded with masks, strapwork and arabesques, and initialled "I.C" title: plate NOTES ----- type: history note value: Perhaps Thomas Hope; Henry Thomas Hope; Mrs H.T. Hope; her daughter Henrietta Adele Hope, 6th Duchess of Newcastle; her son, Henry Pelham Archibald Douglas Pelham-Clinton, 7th Duke of Newcastle Christie’s, 7 July 1921, Catalogue of fine old English silver-gilt plate, Limoges enamels, old Italian majolica and porcelain, the property of his grace the Duke of Newcastle, and removed from Clumber, Worksop, p. 19, lot 110, illustrated; sold for £780. George A. Lockett; sold Christie’s, 12 June 1942, The Choice Collection of objects of Art and Furniture formed by the late George A. Lockett, Esq., p. 22, lot 203, illustrated; Mallett & Sons, London; L.C.G. Clarke, MA, Cambridge from September 1942. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Louis C. G. Clarke creditline: Louis.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/139825 PEOPLE ------------------- Hope, Henry Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Archibald Douglas Lockett, George A Joseph SUBJECTS ------------------- chariot The Triumph of Joseph chariot The Triumph of Joseph TECHNIQUES ---------- copper, enamelled in polychrome and grisaille, and gilded. The design in the well is outlined in black and executed in translucent blue, turquoise, green, yellow, and mulberry enamels over silver foils, and flesh pink, opaque white, grey and black enamels over a white preparation, highlighted with gold. The cavetto has a black ground painted in gold. The rim has a black ground except for the foiled areas and the flesh areas which have a white preparation. The edge is white. The reverse is enamelled in grisaille with dark salmon-pink, on a black ground painted in gold The underside of the rim has a black ground painted in gold. raising (metal forming process) CATEGORIES ------ category: enamels DATING ------ creation date: 1585 - 1600 creation date earliest: 1585 creation date latest: 1600 culture: 16th Century, Late-17th Century, Early# culture: Henry III of France culture: Henry IV of France CREATORS -------- maker: Court dit Vigier, Jean I maker: Court dit Vigier, Jean II DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: cm value: 19.9 dimension: Height units: cm value: 2.2 CITATIONS -------- Catalogue of fine old English silver-gilt plate, Limoges enamels, old Italian majolica and porcelain, the property of His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, and removed from Clumber, Worksop The choice collection of objects of art and furniture formed by the late George A. Lockett Esq. L’histoire de Joseph sur des assiettes en émail peint de Limoges par l’atelier portant la marque de fabrique “I.C. Les émaux peints de Limoges. Musée du Louvre, Département des objets d'art Treasures from the Rothschild Collection Bernard Salomon Illustrateur Lyonnais The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Glass and Limoges Painted Enamels --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/M_114_1961_1_200801_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 774 pixels width: 691 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/mid_M_114_1961_1_200801_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 560 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/M_114_1961_1_200801_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 774 pixels width: 691 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/preview_M_114_1961_1_200801_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 280 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/M_114_1961_2_200801_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 747 pixels width: 688 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/mid_M_114_1961_2_200801_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 543 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/M_114_1961_2_200801_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 747 pixels width: 688 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/preview_M_114_1961_2_200801_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 271 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/M_114_1961_20_282_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 733 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/mid_M_114_1961_20_282_29.jpg height: 518 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/M_114_1961_20_282_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 733 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/preview_M_114_1961_20_282_29.jpg height: 259 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/M_114_1961.jpg height: 414 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/mid_M_114_1961.jpg height: 272 pixels width: 499 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/M_114_1961.jpg height: 414 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/preview_M_114_1961.jpg height: 136 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/53/large_M_114_1961_1_200801_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 1536 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/53/mid_M_114_1961_1_200801_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 750 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/M.114-1961_1_200801_mfj22_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/53/preview_M_114_1961_1_200801_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/53/M_114_1961_1_200801_mfj22_mas.ptif height: 4992 pixels width: 3328 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/55/large_M_114_1961_2_200801_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 1536 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/55/mid_M_114_1961_2_200801_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 750 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/M.114-1961_2_200801_mfj22_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/55/preview_M_114_1961_2_200801_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 250 pixels