IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 76736 accession number: C.2377-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 1 July 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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. object type: tin-glazed earthenware painted in manganese-purple with sprays of flowers, a fence and bamboo in Oriental style title: ewer NOTES ----- type: history note value: Henry Thomas Wake (1831-1914), Fritchley, Derbyshire, from whom purchased about 1899 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: J. W. L. Glaisher creditline: Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76736 TECHNIQUES ---------- moulding CATEGORIES ------ category: tin-glazed earthenware DATING ------ creation date: 1740 - 1760 creation date earliest: 1740 creation date latest: 1760 culture: 18th Century, Mid CREATORS -------- maker: Fauquez factory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 21.3 dimension: Width units: cm value: 19 CITATIONS -------- Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge Faïences françaises XVIe-XVIIIe siècles Les Faïenciers de Saint-Amand au XVIIIe siècle Faïences du nord de la France --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2377_1928_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/mid_C_2377_1928_281_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2377_1928_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/preview_C_2377_1928_281_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2377_1928_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/mid_C_2377_1928_282_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2377_1928_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/preview_C_2377_1928_282_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2377_1928_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/mid_C_2377_1928_283_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2377_1928_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/preview_C_2377_1928_283_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2377_1928_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/mid_C_2377_1928_284_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2377_1928_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/preview_C_2377_1928_284_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels