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Factory: Unknown
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue. Vase-shaped body supported by a short incurved stem rising from a domed foot of ogee outline. The high, screw-on cover is pierced by petal and leaf motifs, and has a stepped circular finial. The foot and neck have a Bérain style border, that on the neck with pendant swags and tassels below on the shoulder. The cover has a narrow border and the rest of the surface is scattered with groups of dots and small ladder-like motifs beween the openings. The outer edge of the foot and the body around its junction with the stem have a border of stylized leaves. The underside of the foot is marked 'A.'
History note: Rouen, where purchased in 1911
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 10.4 cm
Height: 25 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Early#
Circa
1700
CE
-
1720
CE
Probably from Rouen, but comparable casters were made at Lille
Decoration
composed of
cobalt-blue
Foot
Diameter 8.7 cm
Cover
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, pierced, tin-glazed, and painted in cobalt-blue
Accession number: C.2284-1928
Primary reference Number: 73309
Old object number: 1199
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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