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Salt: C.2205-1928

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Current Location: In storage

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Maker: Unknown

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Description

Maiolica salt, painted in blue. The pan rests on the heads of four nude boys, holding a dog, cat, rat and sack respectively. The pan is decorated with birds and foliage in a garland of leaves.

Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed white overall. The glaze is thinly applied and has crazed with a wide mesh. Painted in shades of the same blue.
Oval salt pan with scrolled border, resting on the heads of four nude boys, holding respectively a dog, a cat, a rat and a sack, seated on an elongated quatrefoil pedestal on four paw feet.
The salt pan is decorated with two birds amid foliage within a garland of leaves, broken at four points by a flower. The boys and the objects they hold are touched with colour. Round the sides of the pedestal is a border of stylised flowers and scrolls; on the upper edge, a wide line flanked by narrow lines; and on the lower edge, two narrow lines. The feet are blue overall.

Notes

History note: Lucerne, Switzerland, where purchased in 1903 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher (MS Cat. 1883).

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Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 15.1 cm
Length: 17.4 cm
Width: 14.0 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century
Circa 1600 - 1700

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue)

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed white overall. The glaze is thinly applied and has crazed with a wide mesh. Painted in shades of the same blue.
Tin-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2205-1928
Primary reference Number: 73231

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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