IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 73064 accession number: C.2064-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 October 2022 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Pale buff stoneware, hand-built, with moulded and incised decoration, applied moulded figures, and salt-glaze. The shrine is in the form of a central cone-shaped mound flattened on the front and back. At the bottom it has a leaf-shaped opening on the front and a much larger one on the back, leading into a space inside for relics, or an incense burner. It stands on a rectangular base whose sides resemble balustrades, and stands on a larger rectangular base, whose sides are formed by half figures of men wearing tricorne hats and women holding fans, with pierced spaces between them. On the lower right front corner there is a low candlestick, originally matched by another on the left, now missing, two small vases are set on the corners of the upper base. On the back lower left corner there is a small vase, originally matched by one on the right, now missing, and above on the smaller base, a small vase on either side. The central mound has lost a feature from its apex, probably a Crucifix, as it is flanked by standing figures of the Virgin and St John the Evangelist and between them, lower down, a priest kneeling in adoration. The sides of the shrine are decorated with an arch of skulls and putti, and horizontal bands of putti playing musical instruments, and smaller putti, with a large central cone. On the upper part of the back there is a pyramidal arrangement of skulls with two angel musicians below, and below them, a cone, from which incised stylized foliage and flowers branch on either side to cover the surface. On the right and left of the angel musicians there are areas of restoration. On either side of the mound, standing on the smaller of the two bases, there are large rampant lions with gaping mouths and shaggy manes, made of shredded clay. object type: pale buff salt-glazed stoneware shrine decorated with skulls, putti, and angels, supported by rampant lions with gaping jaws, standing on a rectangular base bearing small vases and candle holders title: shrine NOTES ----- type: history note value: Puttick & Simpson London, 6 June 1919, lot 117; sold for 23 guineas; Mr Newton who sold it for £35 to Mr Stoner, who sold it for £50 on 19 June 1919 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: J. W. L. Glaisher creditline: Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/73064 PEOPLE ------------------- Virgin Mary St John the Evangelist Priest SUBJECTS ------------------- prayer lion lion TECHNIQUES ---------- salt-glazing CATEGORIES ------ category: stoneware category: salt-glazed stoneware category: German stoneware DATING ------ creation date: 1700 - 1750 creation date earliest: 1700 creation date latest: 1750 culture: 18th Century, first half# CREATORS -------- maker: Unidentified Westerwald pottery DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 54.6 dimension: Width value: 44 CITATIONS -------- Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Köln, Steinzeug German Stoneware 1200-1900 Archaeology and Cultural History --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa5/C_2064_1928_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa5/mid_C_2064_1928_281_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa5/C_2064_1928_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa5/preview_C_2064_1928_281_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa5/C_2064_1928_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa5/mid_C_2064_1928_282_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa5/C_2064_1928_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa5/preview_C_2064_1928_282_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa5/C_2064_1928_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa5/mid_C_2064_1928_283_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa5/C_2064_1928_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa5/preview_C_2064_1928_283_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa5/C_2064_1928_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa5/mid_C_2064_1928_284_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa5/C_2064_1928_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa5/preview_C_2064_1928_284_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels