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Tray: C.2189-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Ferniani Factory (Perhaps)

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Description

Maiolica tray, painted in polychrome, with a man on one knee supporting a vase of flowers, surrounded by an elaborate frame of scrolls.

Tray. Earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Painted in dark blue, pale blue, green, yellowish-green, yellow, orange, and manganese-purple, with a powdered manganese border.
Rectangular with rounded corners, shaped pie-crust edge and, at each end, a handle composed of a cabochon between scrolls.
In the middle, a man supporting a vase of flowers on his shoulders, crouches on one knee on a pedestal, surrounded by an elaborate bérainesque frame of scrolls with a canopy at the top. Around this is a similar border comprising scrolls, foliage and diapered panels. The pie-crust border is mottled with manganese and has a narrow blue line round its lower edge. The handles are mottled in manganese on the outside, and painted in green, blue and yellow on the cabochons and scrolls on the inside.

Notes

History note: Mr Phillips, Hitchin; The Rev. G.A. Schneider, MA, from whom purchased on 10 February 1908 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher * for £6 (MS Cat. 2880).

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 9.5 cm
Length: 51.5 cm
Width: 41.8 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Faenza ⪼ Emilia-Romagna ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Late
Circa 1770 CE - 1790 CE

Note

The attribution to the Ferniani Factory is uncertain

School or Style

Berainesque

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in dark blue, pale blue, green, yellowish-green, yellow, orange, and manganese-purple)

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Painted in dark blue, pale blue, green, yellowish-green, yellow, orange, and manganese-purple, with a powdered manganese border.

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2189-1928
Primary reference Number: 73181
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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