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Mercury Instructing Cupid before Venus: C.1744-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Mercury Instructing Cupid before Venus

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Liverpool pottery
Printer: J. Sadler & G. Green
Painter: Correggio (Antonio Allegri) (After)

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Categories

Description

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and transfer-printed in faded brown. Mercury Instructing Cupid before Venus; '88' border.

Notes

History note: Probably purchased from Sidney Hand, Grafton Street, London W.1 on 9 June 1922 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Depth: 0.6 cm
Height: 12.6 cm
Width: 12.6 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Liverpool ⪼ Lancashire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, third quarter#
George III
Circa 1765 CE - 1775 CE

Note

The design is derived ultimately from Correggio's School of Love in the National Gallery, London, see Ray, 1973

School or Style

Rococo

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( faded brown)
Front composed of tin-glaze

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1744-1928
Primary reference Number: 15454
Old object number: 1639
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 16 February 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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