IDENTIFIERS
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id:	76738
accession number:	C.2379-1928

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 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.
object type: tin-glazed earthenware painted in pale yellowish-green and manganese-purple
title:	holy water stoup

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Bought 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 Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76738

PEOPLE
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Jesus

SUBJECTS
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cherub's head
cross
cherub's head
cross



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


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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