Cistern: C.2416 & A-1928

Titles

House-shaped Cistern

House-shaped cistern with detachable roof, and detachable silver spigot. Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, with putti on the roof, and three views of a formal garden on the exterior of cistern.

Frederick Muller, Amsterdam, 28 November 1908, lot 411; purchased by the dealer, Koopman for a total of £97.10.0 including commission and expenses on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Named entities

Legal notes

Dr. J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
Dates: 1928-12-07

Dating

End of 17th century
Production date: circa CE 1700

Maker(s)

Greek A Factory
Kocks, Adriaen

Note

Adriaen Kocks, also written Adrianus Kocx, was proprietor of the Greek A factory from 1686-1701.

Place(s) associated

Delft ⪼ Holland ⪼ Netherlands

Measurements and weight

Depth: 24 cm
Height: 42.3 cm
Width: 30 cm

Agents depicted

Subjects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of cobalt-blue
Cistern composed of tin-glaze earthenware
Spigot composed of silver

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Tin-glazed earthenware, moulded in two parts, the roof and boody with applied low bun feet, painted in blue
Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

Text: AK monogram
Method of creation: Painted in blue
Type: Factory mark

Associated department: Applied Arts

References and bibliographic entries

Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge page(s): 313-14
Treasures from the Fitzwilliam: ''The Increase of Learning and other great Objects of that Noble Foundation'' page(s): 75
James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, ScD, FRS (1848-1928), A Cambridge Mathematician and Collector page(s): 172
The Fitzwilliam Museum 1848-1998, One Hundred and Fifty Years of Collecting page(s): 22
Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum page(s): 151
I Turned It Into a Palace, Sydney Cockerell and the Fitzwilliam Museum page(s): 100
Treasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
Delftskà Fajàns ve sbírkach Umeleckoprumyslového muzea v Praze page(s): 57
English and Continental Ceramics and Glass, 4 June 1995 page(s): 18
Delfts aardewerk, Geschiedenis van een nationaal product page(s): 68-9-

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2416 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 73472
Old object number: 2889
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 16 March 2021
Last processed: Thursday 8 April 2021
Data source: Adlib

Associated institutions

The Fitzwilliam Museum

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:


    The Fitzwilliam Museum (2020) "Cistern"
    Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73472 Accessed: 2021-05-14 17:51:56

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:


     {{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73472|title=Cistern|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2021-05-14 17:51:56|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}