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Standing Cow: C.2747A-1928

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Delftware figure of a standing cow painted in blue, green, yellow, red, and manganese-purple

Pale buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, red, and manganese-purple. The cow is supported on a rectangular base with canted corners and sloping sides. It is walking to the viewer's left with its left front leg forward, and its head turned to its left. Its horns, teats, feet and tail are blue, its ears manganese-purple, and at the top of each leg there is a spray of leaves with a red and yellow flower. Over its back it has a blanket decorated with formal flowers and scrolls in all the colours. The top of the base is green, and its sides are decorated with half flowers and scrolls in blue, green, yellow, and red. There is a ventilation hole in the centre of the underside of the cow. A pair with C.2747B-1928

Notes

History note: Fresco, London, from whom bought in 1892 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 10.6 cm
Length: 10.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century-19th Century
Circa 1700 CE - 1850 CE

School or Style

Baroque

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, red, and manganese-purple)
Base Length 8.1 cm

Materials used in production

pale buff Earthenware
Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, red, and manganese-purple
Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: APK
  • Method of creation: Painted overglaze in red
  • Type: Factory mark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2747A-1928
Primary reference Number: 74013
Old object number: 39

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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