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L'Arbre d'Amour
Translated as: The Tree of Love
Production: Unknown
Salad bowl of tin-glazed earthenware (faïence) painted in polychrome with Cupid standing on a tree in which several men have taken refuge from a group of women who are trying to get them down.
Earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, and black. Circular with a crinkled edge, deep curved sides obliquely fluted, standing on a footring. Decorated with' L'Arbre d'Amour'. Cupid, holding a bow and arrow, stands on top of a tree in which seven men have taken refuge from a group of eight women who are trying to tempt them down. Two of the women are sawing down the tree, and to its right are the words, 'courage/margot/nous auron/piece ou/morceau'. A woman on the left holds up an axe and is captioned 'la bien frisé(?)/frape avec/sa cognée'.Another holds up a hat on pole, and is captioned, 'la belle Izabeau/luy presente un/beau chapeau', and below her is the name, 'louis dupuis'. Further back, a woman holds up a flask and is captioned 'la belle catin/une caraffe/de vin'. On the right a woman climbs up a ladder propped against the treetrunk to offer a box to a man in the tree, captioned on the extreme right 'Mr lagreables/ maniere recevez/cette tabatiere'. Another holds up a cane, and is captioned 'la belle Suzanne luy presente/une canne', and a third tries to drag a man from the tree by a rope, and is captioned 'fanchon avec/son cordeau tire/ce gros badeau'. Round the rim are two lines of inscription. The outer line reads: 'belle quittez moy ces amants qui ne sont pour vous que de glace denichez les de sur cette arbre cessez de leur faire des present coupez moy larbre par le tronc et moquez vous de leurs audace faite les tombe sur la place sont des laches et des poltrons'. The inner line reads: 'mes dame nous allons tous descendre Appaizez tous vostre furerur nous vous allons donn nos coeurs que voulez vous donc entre pre(n)dre allons descendez chers amants et ne soyez plus rebelle vous serez cheris tenrement de vos maitresse fidelle'
History note: Purchased in Rouen in 1901 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
Louis XV
Production date:
AD 1739
: dated
This was a popular subject which was reproduced with the verses in the 18th and first half of the 19th century. The scene on this bowl is quite close to a print published in Lyons in the mid 18th century which was illustrated by Duchartre and Saulnier (see Documentation), although the image on the bowl is transposed and has an additional woman on each side of the tree. There are several early 19th century prints in the Musée national des arts et traditions populaires, Paris, which show the men and women in contemporary dress. The text differs from bowl to bowl, Duchartre and Saulnier cite one version, differing from the inscription on this bowl. An example of 1798 is in the Musée de la Céramique et Beaux-Arts, Nevers (inv. NF 800)
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow, orange, and black)
Rim
Diameter 34.5 cm
Moulding
: Earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, and black.
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: la belle catin/une caraffe/de vin
Inscription present: 'Mr lagreables/ maniere recevez/cette tabatiere
Accession number: C.2317-1928
Primary reference Number: 73341
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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