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Tureen and cover: C.1938 & A-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Heimberg Pottery

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Description

Slipware tureen and cover, decorated with applied beading, and having a knob in the shape of two fruits and leaves, painted underglaze in green, yellow, and brown

Reddish-brown earthenware, thrown, decorated with applied beading, coated in white slip, except for the base of the bowl and underside of the cover, and painted in green yellow and brown under clear glaze. The bowl has deep curved sides, which contract into a low foot, and has a circular slightly domed cover with a narrow border, and a flange underneath which fits inside the rim of the bowl. The exterior of the bowl has a band of beading round the upper edge from which are suspended seven semi-circular swags of beading with a pendant flowerhead between each. The beads are touched with either green or brown, and within the semi-circles there are groups of brown dots which have run downwards. The cover is decorated to match, and in the middle has a large knob formed by two pears (or a quince and a pear), on a twig with two green leaves. The glaze has run downwards inside the bowl and has pooled at the bottom.

Notes

History note: Lucerne, where bought in 1903 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 14.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1800 - 1870

Components of the work

Decoration composed of oxide colours ( green, yellow, manganese-brown)
Surface composed of lead-glaze ( presumed lead or lead-type glaze)
Rim Diameter 16.4 cm
Cover Diameter 17.2 cm
Knob

Materials used in production

red Earthenware
white Slip

Techniques used in production

Throwing (pottery technique) : Reddish-brown earthenware, thrown in two parts, decorated with applied beading, coated in white slip, except for the base, and painted in green yellow and brown under clear glaze. The fruits and leaves forming the knob were moulded and hand modelled
Slip coating

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick on label, being half of a larger label with a blue border and trefoil motifs in the two top corners.

  • Text: Old Heimberg/soup tureen/with pear and quince for knob./-------------/Bought at Lucerne/Septr 1903
  • Location: On base of inside of the bowl
  • Method of creation: Hand written in black ink
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1938 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 76536
Old object number: 1825

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 6 January 2026

Associated departments & institutions

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

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