Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Production:
Unidentified Nevers factory
Entities
Categories
Description
Earthenware, thrown, with applied handles, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted in blue and manganese-purple. The vase is of inverted bell-shape with an everted rim, and stands on a cylindrical foot. It has two loop handles, each formed by plaited coils with a scroll on either side at the top and bottom. Both sides of the pot are decorated with landscapes in late Ming style. In one there are two seated Chinese figures, one holding up a fan, and in the other, two different Chinese figures, one of whom holds a large vase. Above, round the mouth, there is a formal border of scrolls and linear motifs. The handles are decorated overall with spots.
Notes
History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 30.5 cm
Width: 43 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
17th Century, second half
Louis XIV (1638-1715)
1660
-
1700
Note
Large approximately bell-shaped ceramic pots with or without handles were fashionable as containers for small shrubs and fruit trees during the late 17th century. Many of them were made in tin-glazed earthenware at Delft, in Holland, and in France at Nevers. Various designs can be seen in 'Nouveaux Livre de Vases et de Pots de Jardins' by Daniel Marot (1661/2-1752).
School or Style
Late Ming style
Baroque
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt and manganese-purple)
Surface
composed of
tin-glaze
( very pale turquoise-blue)
Foot
Diameter 14.2 cm
Body
Handles
Materials used in production
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Tin-glazing
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.2302-1928
Primary reference Number: 76709
Old object number: 1331
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 9 September 2025
Last processed: Thursday 11 September 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
