These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Tureen in the form of a Cabbage with Caterpillars
Production:
Unidentified Brussels factory
(Probably)
Production:
Unidentified Delft factory
(Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthen ware, painted in pale blue, greysh-green, and yellow except for the interior of both parts. The tureen is in the shape of a cabbage. The lower part is moulded with applied cabbage leaves in relief, on which are two applied caterpillars. The domed cover has six applied cabbage leaves three of which curl outwards, and one applied caterpillar near the centre.
History note: Said to have come from Uppingham when bought in Leicester on 14 June 1895 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 28 cm
Height: 15.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, second half#
Circa
1750
CE
-
1780
CE
The place of manufacture of this tureen is uncertain. Dr Glaisher described it as 'Delft' in his own catalogue, but may have meant this to denote tin-glazed earthenware rather than made in Delft. Cabbage tureens were also made in Brussels in the mid 18th century where there were two faience factories: the Mombaers factory in the rue de Laeken; and from 1751 a factory founded in the rue de la Montagne by Jacques Artoisenet, and continued after his death four years later by his widow, Jeanne-Marie Van den Berghen. In 1764 his son by his first marriage, Joseph-Philippe Artoisenet, took over the factory. Both facgtories produced naturalistic tableware.
Dcoration composed of high-temperature colour ( pale greyish-green and yellow)
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.2392 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 76746
Old object number: 290
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Tureen in the form of a Cabbage with Caterpillars" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/76746 Accessed: 2024-12-22 20:58:42
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/76746
|title=Tureen in the form of a Cabbage with Caterpillars
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 20:58:42|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-76746
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2392_20_26_20A_1928_281_29.jpg"
alt="Tureen in the form of a Cabbage with Caterpillars"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Tureen in the form of a Cabbage with Caterpillars</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
