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Virgin and Child
Pottery: Unidentified Westerwald pottery
Grey stoneware, moulded, painted in cobalt-blue and manganese-purple, and salt-glazed. The Virgin stands on a small irregular hexagonal base with straight slightly sloping sides. She is crowned and wears a manganese-purple dress, a blue over dress, and blue shoes. Nine holes are pierced into the skirts of her garments. She holds the Christ Child in her left arm, supporting him with her right hand. He wears a small rounded crown, and long manganese-purple dress, and holds a blue orb in his left hand. The orb has a hole at the top, presumably to hold a Cross, now missing. The Virgin's crown is also pierced , and the front of the base.
History note: Mr George Stoner, London, from whom purchased for £5 on 7 February 1908 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 6.3 cm
Height: 27.5 cm
Width: 11.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century
Circa
1700
CE
-
1800
CE
Stoneware classified as Westerwald was made in the villages of Höhr, Grenzhausen and Grenzau in the Rhine valley opposite to Coblenz, and in several other nearby villages.
Decoration
composed of
cobalt
manganese
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Base
Width 8 cm
grey Stoneware
Moulding : Grey stoneware, press-moulded, painted in cobalt-blue and manganese-purple, and salt-glazed
Accession number: C.2059-1928
Primary reference Number: 73060
Old object number: 2765
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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