Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Production:
The Ewer Factory
Entities
Categories
Description
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with a scroll-edged panel containing a man and woman in a landscape
Pale buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in dark blue. The vase is of octagonal pear-shaped form with compressed sides, standing on an octagonal foot which is concave underneath. The front is decorated with a panel edged by relief scrolls, enclosing a landscape with a man standing on the right beside a tree, playing a pipe to a lady who sits on the ground in front of him. On both sides there is an area of scale pattern, rocks and stylized plants, and on the back, an inverted spray of simplified foliage. A border of Greek Key pattern runs round the edge of the base. One of a pair.
Notes
History note: Fresco’s, Gate Street, Holborn, where bought on 10 February 1893, for £1.10.0. by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Legal notes
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 23 cm
Width: 13.7 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
18th Century, Late
Circa
1765
CE
-
1800
CE
Note
The Ewer Factory (De Lampetkan) operated between 1609 and 1811. The initials LPK or LP Kan for Lampetkan were used from c. 1752 until the factory closed in 1811. During this period the factory was directed by the widow of Maarten van der Ceel from 1752-1778 and by Abraham van der Ceel from 1778-1808. This vase and its pair probably made between about 1765-1800.
School or Style
Rococo
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from coblat)
Base
Width 10.1 cm
Materials used in production
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Moulding
: Pale buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed and painted in dark blue
Tin-glazing
Inscription or legends present
- Text: LPK
- Method of creation: Painted in blue
- Type: Factory mark
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.2463A-1928
Primary reference Number: 73551
Old object number: 227
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 15 July 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
