Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Production:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Red earthenware, partly slip-coated, incised with the date 1556 (or 1776), and covered with green lead-glaze
Red earthenware with applied proejctions, partially coated with white slip, incised with the date, and covered on three exterior sides and inside with unevenly flecked green lead-glaze; the base and back are undecorated. The cistern is rectangular with projecting mouldings at the top and bottom, and two hook-like projections on the narrow sides take suspension cords. At centre front of the lower edge there is a hole to take a spigot at the base of a pyramidal ornament with horizontal indentations. Above is the date, probably 1556, incised through the slip to show the dark body beneath. Before the first figure, between the figures, and after the last, there are decorative motifs comprising a diamond-shaped outline with a shallow S shaped line attached to it at the top and bottom. Inside the top edge there are triangular supports in the corners on which to rest a cover, no longer present.
Notes
History note: Bought from Monsieur Bossard, Lucerne, in September 1903 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Depth: 8 cm
Height: 18.4 cm
Width: 18.3 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
16th Century, Mid
Production date:
dated
AD 1556
: It is possible that the date should be read as 1776
Components of the work
Three Sides
composed of
slip-coating
( cream)
lead-glaze
( green; presumed lead-glaze)
Interior
composed of
lead-glaze
( green, unevenly applied; presumed lead-glaze)
Base
Width 15.5 cm
Decoration
Hole
Materials used in production
red
Earthenware
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: The 5s resemble back to front 7s with a backward curving downstroke
- Text: 1556
- Method of creation: Incising
- Type: Date
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.1965-1928
Primary reference Number: 72915
Old object number: 1854
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 7 October 2025
Last processed: Tuesday 7 October 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
