IDENTIFIERS
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id:	76737
accession number:	C.2378-1928

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 9 March 2016

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Buff earthenware, the back moulded in relief,  the receptacle thrown and applied, tin-glazed and painted in blue and manganese-purple. The back is vesica-shaped with a winged cherub's head in relief  at the top, and a Crucifixion below, with a pierced hole for a suspension cord or hook between them. The water receptacle is bowl-shaped with an everted rim, and a narrow foot. The cherub's head and the details of the Crucifixion, and inscription INRI  are outlined in manganese-purple.  The cherub's wings, the Cross and Christ's loin cloth are blue and there are sprays of blue foliage on either side, and a border of uneven vertical strokes round the receptacle below the rim on the exterior. There is a firing crack on the viewer's right of the reverse.
object type: tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue and manganese-purple
title:	holy water stoup

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Purchased in London, about 1896 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	J. W. L. Glaisher
creditline: Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequst

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76737





TECHNIQUES
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tin-glazing

CATEGORIES
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category: tin-glazed earthenware
category: French faïence

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1850
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1850
culture:	18th Century-19th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: Unidentified French pottery

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 18.1

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 8.5



CITATIONS
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Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
Le bénitier de chevet
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