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Production: Unidentified French pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in pale yellowish-green and manganese-purple
Buff earthenware, the back moulded in relief, the receptacle thrown and applied, tin-glazed on the front and painted in pale yellowish-green and manganese-purple; the glaze has been wiped off most of the reverse. The vesica-shaped back is moulded in relief with a winged cherub's head at the top and a cherub on each side flanking the Crucifixion. Below the winged cherub's head there is a round hole to take a suspension cord or hook. The receptacle is bowl-shaped with an everted rim, and a low narrow foot. The outlines of the cherubs, Christ and his loin cloth are manganese-purple. The cherub's head at the top, the upper part of the Cross, foliage at the base of the Cross,and the border of uneven vertical strokes around the upper part of the receptacle are yellowish-green.
History note: Bought in London about 1896 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century-19th Century#
1700
CE
-
1850
CE
Dr Glaisher considered that the holy water stoup might have been made in Brittany.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( yellowish-green, manganese-purple)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
Back
Receptacle
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.2379-1928
Primary reference Number: 76738
Old object number: 1296
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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