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Painter: Grue, Nicolò Tommaso
Maiolica vase and cover, painted in polychrome with, on the cover, two landscapes with buildings and figures and, on the vase, landscapes with buildings, ships, men fishing and dogs playing.
Earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the underside of the foot appearing pale beige. Painted in greyish-blue, dark green, yellow, dark yellow, orange, brown, and manganese.
Campana-shaped with a swelling below the rim, standing on a tall, trumpet-shaped foot with a curved edge; domed cover with a narrow rim and stepped finial.
The cover is decorated with two landscapes with buildings and figures, in shaped frames reserved in a blue ground decorated with polychrome flowers and foliage. The rim is blue with a yellow edge and the finial is striped horizontally in blue, yellow, orange and blue. The upper part of the vase is decorated with a continuous landscape with buildings, ships, men fishing and dogs playing. On the lower part there are two landscapes with buildings enclosed in blue scrolled frames, reserved in a yellow ground decorated with polychrome flowers and foliage. The foot is decorated with a continuous landscape and a border of yellow and orange ovals between a brown and a blue band.
History note: Ben Nathan, London, from whom purchased in February 1918 by H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Height: 52.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
18th Century
1726
-
1781
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( greyish-blue, dark green, yellow, dark yellow, orange, brown, and manganese)
Foot
Diameter 19.8 cm
Vase
Diameter 20.0 cm
Cover
Diameter 21.7 cm
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the underside of the foot appearing pale beige. Painted in greyish-blue, dark green, yellow, dark yellow, orange, brown, and manganese.
Accession number: C.263 & A-1991
Primary reference Number: 73824
Packing number: EURCER 386
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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