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Mermaid (one of a pair)
Production: Unidentified Westerwald pottery
Greyish-buff stoneware moulded in the shape of a crowned mermaid, painted in blue and brownish-black, and salt-glazed
Greyish-buff stoneware, press-moulded, with applied moulded parts, painted in blue and brownish-black, and salt-glazed. There is a an oval aperture in the base under the body. with beside it a small circular hole filled by a metal plug or nail. The crowned, long-haired mermaid reclines, with her tail twisted upwards, and her head turned towards the viewer. She has a small fin on her back and on each side of her waist a larger fin from which her short arms project. Her hands rest on her rib cage below her breasts. Her hair is coloured brownish-black. The outlines of her crown, her eyes, and tail except for the fins at the end are blue, and the fins at her sides partly blue. a pair wit C.2060B-1928
History note: Adolf Weil, Maximilianplatz, Munich, from whom bought for £2.15s. in August 1909 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Length: 17.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, second half#
Production date:
AD 1799
This mermaid and her pair may have been used as table decorations
Decoration
composed of
smalt
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Head End
Height 9.5 cm
Press-moulding : Greysh-buff stoneware, press-moulded with applied moulded crown, fins, and arms, painted in smalt and brownish-black, and salt-glazed
Accession number: C.2060A-1928
Primary reference Number: 76589
Old object number: 3058
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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