15929843120001312637261000Standard Recordobject-75074170292704744817029085880001702926927244fitz-onlineadlib-object-75074https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/750740ab6e574-5d63-3b95-9483-a1466ae80dac5referenceagent-192188adlib-agent-192188dde95aee-8974-3c2c-8a9b-d612b0fce24fArnoux, Joseph Francois Leonreferenceagent-192189adlib-agent-19218981f2270f-8b02-329f-84a0-ec3f818bf036Toft, Charlesreferenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwarereferenceterm-108657adlib-term-108657c170cd8e-fc63-3446-81a4-6682b5979808lead-glazed earthenwarereferenceterm-133689adlib-term-1336894ef26466-81ce-3d12-aa11-d9f705180c56majolica warereferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazeDecorationreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-122641adlib-term-122641d5fb75d8-097d-3fd7-8e70-87e9d96d77f7glazingreferenceterm-27645adlib-term-27645c489df47-4067-3e45-80d3-a0c71cedaaf8inlay (process)Applied ArtsCream earthenware with inlaid pattern of coloured clays, clear glazed.Gourd-shaped ewer on a domed foot, with raised neck and a round spout which juts from the upper body. Two strap handles rejoin the body at the rim and are then joined by a continuous loop across the top. The surface is covered with incised and inlaid clay patterns, in light and dark brown, which imitate those used on 16th-century ‘Henri II’ or ‘St Porchaire’ ware. A light brown modelled dog sits atop the loop handle and unpainted relief decoration, including a bearded mask, putti and a rope circling the upper body; four incised straps decorate the foot. The underside is recessed, with a small central vent hole.G26referenceexhibition-1072adlib-exhibition-10725f0c5c3b-ca10-352c-8c84-8027304959ffVictorian and Edwardian Decorative Art - The Handley-Read CollectionC.43-19721accession numberC.43-197275074priref75074urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75074https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75074referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPurchased with the Perceval Fund and grant-in-aid from the Victoria and Albert Museumreferenceagent-160895adlib-agent-160895a1eb7880-da59-3f1e-96f8-35488a6c8c56Stainton, ThomasboughtEntry date: 1972-10-1918701870CE18701870188011880CE18801880factoryreferenceagent-153865adlib-agent-153865853be336-7cfb-32d1-aa54-fb4dff401cf0Minton & Co.possiblydesignerreferenceagent-192191adlib-agent-192191c7e392c5-668a-3e9a-937f-f21eaf7e01d9Arnoux, Joseph Francois Leondecoratorreferenceagent-192190adlib-agent-19219036e2c626-ea7f-3790-a100-3ee0296a3753Toft, CharlesMinton launched wares ‘coloured in the Majolica style’ at the Great Exhibition of 1851, to great acclaim. The new product took inspiration from Renaissance maiolica, but used brightly coloured lead-glazes and favoured sculptural forms rather than finely painted decoration. The Minton Art Director Léon Arnoux (1816-1902), however, sought to more directly reproduce Renaissance techniques and shapes, and in 1858 produced his first imitation of 16th-century French ‘Henri II’ inlaid earthenware (also known as ‘Saint Porchaire’ ware or ‘Faience d’Oiron’). Many of Arnoux’s designs. Charles Toft Snr. (1832-1909), who later became chief modeller for Wedgwood, specialised in realising this type of decoration during the 1860s-70s, drawing on Delange’s book of all the known examples, published in 1861. Minton continued to offer ‘Henri II’ ware until c.1893.Only a limited number of pieces was produced, however, and mainly for display. ‘Henri II’ ware was fragile and, as Colin Minton Campbell noted, ‘it is very expensive, from the inlaying of the clays, and the effect is not equal to the cost’ (Jones, 150). The geometric ornamentation was made by pressing metal dies into the unfired surface and then filling the depressions with clay. The relief decorations were moulded and applied. Although unlike Majolica ware in appearance, the glaze used is similar.Several versions of this example exist, including at the V & A Museum (CIRC.825-1920). These generally have an additional foot-plate and more painting on the relief decoration. The Fitzwilliam Museum also holds an piece of original ‘Henri II’ ware, the lower part of a ewer, c.1540-60 (EC.2-1940).referenceterm-108070adlib-term-1080707e278258-23e3-3d5b-a4ff-ab5ecacb4bf319th Century, Late#referenceterm-120127adlib-term-120127ee2ddbd4-503c-30f5-8cf9-3c2d121bd315Victoria Ireferenceterm-116524adlib-term-1165242532ce61-8150-3256-b951-d5175a8faa11literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralStaffordshireStaffordshireregionStokereferenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwareHeightcm26.8Widthcm13.8referencemedia-44180adlib-media-4418017a880b3-d6e9-3cdd-adf1-c596b54e3ef3jpegaa/aa11/C_43_1972_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57017029263137501imagejpegaa/aa11/mid_C_43_1972_281_29.jpg1heightpixels649widthpixels50017029263137501imagejpegaa/aa11/C_43_1972_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57017029263137501imagejpegaa/aa11/preview_C_43_1972_281_29.jpg1heightpixels325widthpixels25017029263137501image0media
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imagereferenceterm-88137adlib-term-88137eeab1777-4158-31f4-8f8a-0015cb1910f7ewerreferenceterm-90887adlib-term-908870e3cacd3-4391-3b89-8726-41f3c24500f6biberonreferenceterm-89243adlib-term-8924316a98f7e-a468-3e31-9628-5b06643c6475drinking vesselhistory noteCharles & Lavinia Handley Read1referenceobject-76904adlib-object-769044ca652f4-066c-38f3-b4be-df902e0086571reference1term-113817adlib-term-113817c40458c4-612c-3292-885e-d83ab3edf4f4lower part of a ewerlower part of a ewer1referenceobject-15302adlib-object-15302df15d696-5363-3c1f-9a01-34bbf626c29b1reference1term-30982adlib-term-30982952a2227-ce0e-31a3-a0d9-40085991be5btiletile1referenceobject-75036adlib-object-750364a8ee79b-3553-37ee-b325-693f7128447a1reference1term-89480adlib-term-89480f1ea518e-351c-3f42-b2a7-db0f8559fa2cvasevase1referenceobject-74966adlib-object-749665d74eb4d-6d87-33d6-a1b3-d3ed5f8bffb81reference1term-91154adlib-term-91154e8910136-0f36-3b86-960d-f7466393839dtazzatazza1referenceobject-74920adlib-object-74920a1038f68-ef6b-3650-b2c3-2ae0b59a76161reference1term-88137adlib-term-88137eeab1777-4158-31f4-8f8a-0015cb1910f7ewerewer1referenceobject-75411adlib-object-75411b1ef0c69-cf68-3131-a98f-ea557d4e00e51reference1term-117138adlib-term-117138e2a9f298-5d84-3e66-84d5-5fd4649077bebread platebread platereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferencepublication-1048adlib-publication-10483731e4a6-d392-3c17-9cbb-1cb7a099cfbbVictorian and Edwardian Decorative Art , The Handley-Read Collectionreferencepublication-3718adlib-publication-3718e1cba31c-4cfa-391a-93c9-63accebb1de5Recueil de toutes les pièces connues jusqu'a ce jour de la faïence française dite de Henry II et Diane de Poitiersreferencepublication-2662adlib-publication-26624e02d261-7e12-38b5-a55f-65032267098eAn Illustrated Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and PorcelainCf. p. 142, lot 448, a similar example marked 'C.Toft Mintons 1880', design no. 4195. Estimate £800-1,200142referencepublication-2547adlib-publication-254719dbdcb0-1735-3039-af0c-9132aa017150Fine British CeramicsCf. a near identical ewer and other examples of ‘St Porchaire’ ware; also information about production of these wares by Minton150-151referencepublication-3003adlib-publication-3003642094f9-3e39-3eeb-90ea-42311670123eMinton: The First Two Hundred Years of Design & ProductionCf. no.26, illustration of the original 16th-century ewer on which this piece was based, with slight differentces in the surface decoration and a more complex foot and rim; and no.27, which has the handle dog (not on 26), both now in the Musée du Petit Palais, Paris.140referencepublication-3722adlib-publication-37222a130b95-5570-3cd1-b215-c93e1e837180Saint-Porchaire Ceramics, Studies in the History of Art, 52, Monograph Series IICf. colour illustration of a 16th-century biberon (no.27 above) and information about the original production of such wares, by potters including Bernard Palissy.73referencepublication-3724adlib-publication-37247e0c930b-fdb8-3a8b-b032-fd422dfaccadUne Orfèvrerie de Terre, Bernard Palissy et la céramique de Saint-Porchairereferencepublication-3719adlib-publication-371982177748-31e7-3ddf-95cf-42bc87e91ba0The 16th Century French Ceramic Ware called Saint-PorchaireCf a vase and cover in Minton ‘Henri II’, also information about Arnoux, Toft and other types of Minton production.30-31referencepublication-2727adlib-publication-272702232f50-fd3b-3b8a-9687-1a8ff3f7c0d1Minton 1798-1910Cf. Minton ‘Henri II’ vase in the Stoke City Museum and information about Minton’s development and marketing of the ware. p.367 for Minton bibliography.99referencepublication-1508adlib-publication-1508e85553c5-9ccd-38e9-be31-91db994e0a76Victorian PotteryCf. Minton majolica ware ewer & basin (ill.) and information about Minton majolica.110referencepublication-1030adlib-publication-10309cf77d50-a614-3947-8d0e-919f695fe7b0Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, English PotteryRef. For French 19th century ceramics inspired by 'Saint-Porchaire' ware made at Parthenay. See p. 94, fig. 3 a reproduction of the plate in Delange, 1888 which illustrates a biberon similar to this Minton example.pp. 93-102referencepublication-200002968adlib-publication-200002968aeaa86da-2491-3719-82e5-8f6aa487ae7dDe Saint-Porchaire à Parthenay sur les traces de la faïnce fine poitevine. Des origines énigmatiquesreferenceterm-10679adlib-term-1067930c89029-7ace-3d30-9487-1e243ab1b791Renaissance Revivalanimalreferenceterm-81073adlib-term-81073afcd0aec-cc0b-385e-8b79-3c42b02cf3e8dogliteraldogdogreferenceterm-88137adlib-term-88137eeab1777-4158-31f4-8f8a-0015cb1910f7ewerewerreferenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingEwer in ‘Henri II ’ wareobject
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