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Cow: C.2747B-1928

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Titles

Cow

Maker(s)

Production: The Greek A Factory

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Description

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 right with its right front leg forward, and its head turned to its right. Its horns, 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.2747A-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 cm
Length: 12 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Late-19th Century, Mid
Circa 1770 CE - 1850 CE

Note

The mark APK joined should stand for Pieter Kocz who was proprietor of the Greek A factory from 1701-22, but the quality of the modelling of the cows indicates that they were probably made in the later 18th or 19th century.

School or Style

Baroque

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, red, and manganese-purple)
Base Length 8 cm

Materials used in production

pale buff Earthenware
Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Pale buff earthenware, moulded in parts and assembled, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, red, and manganese-purple high-temperature colours
Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: APK joined
  • Location: On underside of base
  • Method of creation: Painted in red
  • Type: Factory mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2747B-1928
Primary reference Number: 74014

Audit data

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

Associated departments & institutions

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

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