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Factory: Gualtieri factory
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.
History note: Eastbourne, where purchased about 1898 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 13.5 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century
Circa
1740
CE
-
1770
CE
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.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( in green)
Body
Inscription present: an orb, with G below
Accession number: C.2227 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 73265
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Teapot" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73265 Accessed: 2025-04-20 06:36:21
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