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Ewer: C.2377-1928

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Current Location: In storage

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Production: Fauquez factory

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in manganese-purple with sprays of flowers, a fence and bamboo in Oriental style

Buff earthenware, moulded, with applied moulded handle, tin-glazed greyish-white, and painted in manganese-purple. The body of the ewer is helmet-shaped with an upward tilting lip, and rests on an anulet above a wide, domed base with a wavy edge. The loop handle has a leaf shape in relief on its top. The foot is decorated with one floral spray and three sprigs of leaves, and there is a horizontal band round the anulet. Both sides of the jug are decorated with a floral spray, and on the front below the lip there is a small Oriental style garden feature, comprising a fence, rocks and bamboo flanked by flowering plants. A criss-cross border runs round the upper part below the edge. The back of the handle has a leaf at the top, and bud-like motifs of decreasing size eventually appearing as short dashes. On both sides of the handle there are two long lines alternating with groups of very short strokes and spots.

Notes

History note: Henry Thomas Wake (1831-1914), Fritchley, Derbyshire, from whom purchased about 1899 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 21.3 cm
Width: 19 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Mid
Circa 1740 - 1760

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( from manganese-oxide)
Surface composed of tin-glaze ( greyish-white)
Foot Diameter 11.6 cm

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2377-1928
Primary reference Number: 76736
Old object number: 197

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 1 July 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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