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Caneware coffee can and saucer with applied black jasper reliefs of Ancient Egyptian motifs: C.243 & A-2015

Current Location: In storage

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Caneware coffee can and saucer with applied black jasper reliefs of Ancient Egyptian motifs

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood

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Description

Caneware with black moulded and applied reliefs on the exterior and glazed interior. The cup is cylindrical with recessed base and an angular harp-shaped handle with an upward curl at the bottom. The saucer is circular with deep sloping sides and slightly recessed base. The cup has row of triangles around its lower edge, and a horizontal band of black hieroglyphs below the rim. The handle has stylized flower and leaf motifs down its back. The saucer has a band of hieroglyphs below the rim.

Notes

History note: Dr and Mrs L.S. Rakow (Juliette K. and Leonard S.) collection; Leo Kaplan, New York, from whom purchased on 10 December 1992 by Christopher Hogwood, CBE, Cambridge

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Place(s) associated

  • Etruria ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2015-04-27) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

19th Century, Early#
George III
Circa 1815 CE - 1820 CE

School or Style

Egyptian Revival

Components of the work

Saucer Diameter 12.2 cm Height 3 cm
Cup Diameter 6 cm Height 8.2 cm Height 8.6 cm Width 8.2 cm
Handle
Reliefs

Materials used in production

Caneware

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: WEDGWOOD
  • Location: On base of both pieces
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Factory mark
  • Text: G
  • Location: On base of both pieces in centre, indistinctly on cup
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Mark
  • Text: DR. & MRS. L.S. RAKOW/COLLECTION , inscribed in blue biro in the middle ‘W/519’
  • Location: On base of both pieces
  • Method of creation: Printed in dark blue and hand-written in blue biro
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: very small circular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: 85
  • Location: On base of each piece
  • Type: Label
  • Text: WALTERS ART GALLERY/40.1981.2,b (<pencil) BALTIMORE
  • Location: On base of saucer
  • Method of creation: Printed in black and hand-written in pencil
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: small rectangular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: The James/Museum 1987
  • Location: On base of cup
  • Method of creation: Printed in black
  • Type: Label
  • Text: 268
  • Location: On both pieces
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.243 & A-2015
Primary reference Number: 201329
Old object number: 268

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 12 May 2015 Updated: Thursday 16 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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