IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 29488 accession number: C.7-2001 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 13 February 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Pale buff earthenware (little visible), tin-glazed overall except for the underside of the edge of the foot, and painted in blue. The ewer stands on a circular foot with a sloping rim and domed centre. The hemispherical lower part is separated from the upper part by a horizontal rib, below which are nine bosses. The upper part has six shallow lobes and flares outward slightly towards the rim, which is pinched at the front to form a pointed lip. The loop handle has a vertical depression and a stumpy kick at the lower end. The front is decorated with a circular cartouche with a loop of ribbon at the top, scrolling foliage on each side, and a swag at the bottom, enclosing the initials 'C/T H' over '1660'. object type: Tin-glazed earthenware ewer, painted in blue with a circular cartouche, surrounded by ribbon, scrolling foliage and a swag. title: ewer NOTES ----- type: history note value: Hext, Trenarren, St Austell, Cornwall; John Hext, Exeter; his widow, Jean M. Hext. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Bequeathed by Mrs Jean M. Hext STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/29488 TECHNIQUES ---------- earthenware, thrown and manipulated, with applied vertically grooved handle, tin-glazed, and painted in blue; the edge of the foot has been wiped almost entirely free of glaze tin-glazing CATEGORIES ------ category: tin-glazed earthenware category: English delftware DATING ------ creation date: 1660 - 1660 creation date earliest: 1660 creation date latest: 1660 culture: 17th Century, Mid culture: Charles II CREATORS -------- maker: Pickleherring Pottery DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 24 dimension: Width units: cm value: 19.5 CITATIONS -------- The Fitzwilliam Museum Biennial Review 2000-2002 Recent acquisitions (1995-2004) at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Walford's County Families of the United Kingdom Alumni cantabrigienses: a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900 --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/C_7_2001_20_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/mid_C_7_2001_20_281_29.jpg height: 667 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/C_7_2001_20_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/preview_C_7_2001_20_281_29.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/C_7_2001.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/mid_C_7_2001.jpg height: 667 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/C_7_2001.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/preview_C_7_2001.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/C_7_2001_285_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 512 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/mid_C_7_2001_285_29.jpg height: 742 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/C_7_2001_285_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 512 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/preview_C_7_2001_285_29.jpg height: 371 pixels width: 250 pixels