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Factory:
The Greek A Factory
Proprietor:
Kocks, Adriaen
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.
History note: Purchased from Mr Louis Mossel of 6 Manette Street, Charingcross Road, London on 28 January 1905 for £16
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 27 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
Circa
1686
-
1701
Decoration
composed of
cobalt
Body And Cover
Handles
Accession number: C.2607 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 73781
Old object number: 2489
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Flower vase" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73781 Accessed: 2024-11-21 20:30:37
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