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Stand: C.2361-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Hannong, Charles-François (Probably)
Factory: Hannong, Paul Anton (Possibly)

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware stand for fruit painted in blue

Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed and painted in blue. The rounded lozenge-shaped dish has a wavy edge, steep fluted sides and a flat centre. It is supported on four dolphin-shaped scroll supports rising from a shallow flat-topped base of the same outline. The dish is decorated inside with a central lozenge-shaped motif, and round the edge with a border of lambrequin type with scrolls, daisy-like flowers, and foliage. The exterior has a narrower border below the rim. The supports have comparable decoration down their backs and the edges of the base have eight separate motifs of the same type. A letter G with a slanting stroke below it is painted on the underside of the dish.

Notes

History note: Madame Sattler, Basel, Switzerland from whom bought for 65 francs in April 1902 by Dr J.W. L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 20.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, second quarter
Circa 1725 - 1740

Note

This stand is similar to two in the Historisches Museum, Basel (inv. nos. 1911.1739 and 1983.340) attributed to the Hannong factory in Strasbourg. It would possibly have stood on a Surtout, a large stand for the centre of a table on which dishes for fruit and containers for condiments were arranged (same museum, 1911.1738). The factory was founded by Charles-François Hannong (d. 1739) and was continued by his son, Paul Hannong (d. 1760) who with his brother Balthazar had been associated with his father since 1732.

School or Style

Berainesque

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
Surface composed of tin-glaze
Base Length 18.6 cm
Dish Length 23.8 cm Width 20 cm

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Buff earthenware, moulded in parts, assembled before firing, tin-glazed, and painted in blue

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: G with a slanting short line below it

  • Text: G/
  • Location: On underside of the dish
  • Method of creation: Painted in blue
  • Type: Painter's mark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2361-1928
Primary reference Number: 73401
Old object number: 1255

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 3 June 2025

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

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