Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Factory:
Gualtieri factory
Entities
Categories
Description
Maiolica teapot and cover painted in green, yellow, and manganese with, on one side, a woman with trees and birds, and, on the other side, two buildings in a landscape.
Earthenware, tin-glazed off-white overall. Painted in green, which has tinted the glaze slightly, yellow, and manganese.
Ovoid, standing on a low footring, with double-twist handle, dividing at its base into spirals projecting on each side, curved spout, and domed cover with a narrow rim and a knob.
On one side a woman stands between trees with birds flying overhead; on the other, there are two buildings in a landscape with a man standing in the foreground on the left. On the spout there is a floral spray, and on the handle are horizontal lines. The cover is decorated with trees and fences and the knob has manganese lines radiating from a spot on the top. The base is marked in manganese with an orb with a 'G' below.
Notes
History note: Eastbourne, where purchased about 1898 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 13.5 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
18th Century
Circa
1740
CE
-
1770
CE
Note
The pot is decorated with small figures and landscapes described in Italy as figuretti e paesaggini , usually painted in green and manganese-brown or purple. The shape of the teapot, with a kinky spout, and double twisted handle is characteristic of teapots made in Liguria. The mark on the base, a crossed circle with the letter G beneath, was used by the Gualtieri factory in Albissola. It closely resembles an example in the Museum of the Bargello in Florence.
School or Style
Rococo
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( in green)
Body
Materials used in production
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Tin-glazing
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: an orb, with G below
- Text: G
- Location: On the base
- Method of creation: In manganese
- Type: Mark
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.2227 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 73265
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 13 August 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 15 July 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
