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Cock-spouted Ewer: C.73-1935

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 33

Titles

Cock-spouted Ewer

Maker(s)

Unknown

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Description

Fritware painted in three colours under a transparent white glaze

Fritware, wheel thrown and moulded, painted in blue, turquoise and black under a transparent white glaze.
Shape: spout is moulded into the form of a cock’s head (but without holes, necessitating pouring from rim) with strap handle, symbolising tail feathers, attached on the upper body and spout. Body is a bulbous pear shape sitting on a low foot ring.
Interior: rim and neck are painted in blue and black imitating a cock’s head including head feathers, mouth and eyes. On the body three horizontal friezes, comprising either blue or black vertical lines, or black dots, or black pseudo-calligraphy, frame a large central frieze of vertical panels. The panels are separated by blue or turquoise lines and contain black dots or a blue or black cable pattern on a hatched ground. The handle is painted with a doted ‘S’ pattern framed by blue lines. Over all the surface blue and turquoise pigment has run into the surrounding glaze which covers the surface to the lower body, running unevenly onto the foot ring.
Interior: a black dentillated pattern is painted on the rim. Visible surface is coated with glaze.

Notes

History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased

Legal notes

Purchased with the Glaisher Fund

Measurements and weight

Height: 30.2 cm
Weight: 1183 g
Width: 18 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank

Dating

13th Century-14th Century
Circa 1200 - Circa 1399

School or Style

Il-Khanid

Components of the work

Rim composed of pigment ( black) Diameter 6 cm
Exterior composed of pigment ( blue, black, turquoise) glaze ( white, transparent, covers the surface to the lower body, running unevenly onto the foot ring)
Interior composed of glaze ( white, transparent, visible surface is coated)
Base Diameter 9 cm
Body
Spout

Materials used in production

Fritware

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge

  • Text: 'Lent By' (printed); 'Brangwyn' (typed), '132' hand written in black ink, ‘37’, hand written in pencil (encircled in the top right hand corner) and ‘30’ (crossed through on the right hand side)
  • Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
  • Method of creation: Printed, typed, hand written
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: pink paper label with serrated edge

  • Text: Arabic script
  • Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: hand written directly onto object surface

  • Text: 132
  • Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
  • Method of creation: Hand written in black
  • Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.73-1935
Primary reference Number: 75944
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.132
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 12 January 2021 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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