IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 156461 accession number: M.115B-1961 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 30 January 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Circular with slightly raised applied edge, narrow sloping rim, shallow curved sides and centre. Round the junction of the rim and well on the back there are a series of holes in the enamel left by supports during firing.The plate has a dark blue ground. The design in the well is enamelled over a white layer in dark blue, translucent blue, turquoise, green, yellow, red, mulberry, and brown with silver foils under the costume, and in black, opaque white, flesh-pink, and opaque white, enhanced with gilding. The sides are decorated in gold over the dark blue ground. The motifs on the rim are executed in translucent enamels over foils and in flesh-pink, white and grey over a white ground, reserved in a dark blue ground with gilt ornament. The reverse is enamelled in grisaille and with flesh pink, and gilding. The well is decorated with Joseph's brother's showing Jacob that their money has been returned to them in their sacks of grain.The action takes place out of doors, with two buildings in the background to right, a landscape with a stream on the left, and a path and two bushes in the foreground. A woman holding a baby in her arms and another woman stand on the right with a small sack in front of them. Benjamin stands beside his father, Jacob, who is seated in a chair. To the left, there is a sack lying sideways on the ground, and two more upright, which are being searched by two of the brothers. Six more of them stand behind them, one raising his arms in a gesture of surprise. In the sky above, in gold, is ".G.XLII" with below it, gold rays streaming down towards Benjamin.The sides are decorated with gold foliated scrolls on a dark blue ground, and on the rim, two different male and two different female masks, separated by tritons with tablets over their scrolling tails flanking jewels, with gold foliated sprays on a black ground. The edge is white. The reverse is painted in grisaille and flesh pink with two female terms and one male [?] term and three torches without flames linked by strapwork. The dark blue ground is decorated with gold sprays and foliate scrolls. On the rim there is a wreath of gold leaves and berries between pairs of gold bands. On the back, "I.C" in black on white strapwork below one of the torches. object type: Copper, decorated with polychrome enamels and gilded; the reverse enamelled en grisaille and gilded, with terms, torches, and strapwork, initialled ".I.C." title: plate NOTES ----- type: history note value: Baron James de Rothschild (1792-1868); his son, Baron Gustave de Rothschild (1829-1911), Paris; by descent to his grandchildren, Sir Philip Sassoon and the Countess of Rocksavage; sold Christie’s, 26 November 1919, Catalogue of Objects of Art Porcelain & Faience, Fine French Tapestry, the property of Sir Philip Sassoon, BT., M.P., C.M.G., and the Countess of Rocksavage of 25 Park Lane, p. 8, part of lot 63; Walter Walter S. Burns, Esq., North Mymms Park, Herts; Mrs Walter Burns; Christie's, 28 June 1935, Catalogue of highly important enamels, faience and majolica and works of art, the property of Mrs Walter Burns (from the Collection of the late Walter S. Burns, Esq.) . . . . , lot 11, III; Louis C.G. Clarke, MA, Cambridge. 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/156461 PEOPLE ------------------- Rothschild, Gustave de, Baron Benjamin Jacob baby woman SUBJECTS ------------------- sack hound finding Finding of silver in Benjamin's sack sack hound finding Finding of silver in Benjamin's sack TECHNIQUES ---------- the well has a partly foiled and partly white ground, decorated with dark blue, translucent blue, turquoise, green, yellow, red, and mulberry, flesh-pink, brown, grey, opaque white, and black enamels, and gold. The sides are decorated in gold on a dark blue ground. The motifs on the rim are executed in translucent enamels over foils and in flesh-pink, white and grey over a white ground, reserved in a dark blue ground with gilt ornament. The reverse has a dark blue ground, painted in grisaille and with flesh pink, and gold. Round the junction of the rim and well on the back there are a series of holes in the enamel. 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# CREATORS -------- maker: Court dit Vigier, Jean I maker: Court dit Vigier, Jean II DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: cm value: 19.8 dimension: Height units: cm value: 2.2 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Musée rétrospectif title: Exposition Universelle de 1867 CITATIONS -------- Catalogue of objects of art, porcelain and faience and fine French tapestry, the property of Sir Philip Sassoon Bart, MP, CMG and the Countess of Rocksavage of 25 Park Lane Catalogue of highly important enamels, faience and majolica and works of art, the property of Mrs. Walter Burns (from the Collection of the late Walter S. Burns, Esq. L’histoire de Joseph sur des assiettes en émail peint de Limoges par l’atelier portant la marque de fabrique “I.C. Quadrins Historique de la Bible Bernard Salomon Illustrateur Lyonnais Les émaux peints de Limoges. Musée du Louvre, Département des objets d'art The Waddesdon Bequest; Catalogue of the Works of Art bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild M.P. 1898 The Taft Museum, European Decorative Arts Emaux de Limoges de la Renaissance provenant de la collection de M. Hubert de Givenchy Le métier d’émailleur à Limoges, XVIe-XVIIe siècle Collection Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Bergé, Sculptures, Objets d'Art, Art d'Asie, Archéologie et Mobilier The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Glass and Limoges Painted Enamels --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/M_115B_1961_20_280_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 642 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/mid_M_115B_1961_20_280_29.jpg height: 592 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/M_115B_1961_20_280_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 642 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/preview_M_115B_1961_20_280_29.jpg height: 296 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: 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