Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)
Maker(s)
Factory:
The Greek A Factory
Proprietor:
Kocks, Adriaen
Entities
Categories
Description
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Tin-glazed earthenware, moulded in parts, assembled, tin-glazed, and painted in cobalt-blue. The lower part is of oval, lobed and cusped form, standing on a high lobed foot with an alternately lobed and cusped edge. At each end there is an open-mouthed dragon's head handle.The domed cover has a lobed edge, beside which are eight tubular spouts for flowers each with a central swelling. In the centre there is a small bulbous vase with six tubular spouts springing from the shoulder and a slight swelling below the mouth. The lower part is decorated with panels containing floral sprays or a bird amidst foliage on a white ground, or with floral sprays reserved in a blue ground, and has a line and a row of dots around the top edge. The dragons' heads are blue, and round the outer edge of the foot there is a border of lozenge and V-shapes. The top of the cover is decorated with lapets, floral scrolls and, on the spouts, with floral sprays, and has a border en suite with the foot.
Notes
History note: Purchased from Mr Louis Mossel of 6 Manette Street, Charingcross Road, London on 28 January 1905 for £16
Legal notes
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 27 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
17th Century, Late
Circa
1686
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1701
School or Style
Baroque
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
cobalt
Body And Cover
Handles
Materials used in production
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Tin-glazing
Inscription or legends present
- Text: AK monogram
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Painted in blue
- Type: Factory mark
References and bibliographic entries
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Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
page(s): 331
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The Dutch Connection: The Founding of the Fitzwilliam Museum
page(s): 24, 92
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Delfts aardewerk, Geschiedenis van een nationaal product, Deel IV, Vazen met tuiten,300 jaar pronkstukken/Dutch Delftware, History of a National Product, Volume IV, Vases with Spouts, Three Centuries of Splendour
page(s): 152-3
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'Bloempotgens met Tuyten', Delftse Tulpenvazen 1680-1720
page(s): 10
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Identification numbers
Accession number: C.2607 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 73781
Old object number: 2489
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
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