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Box in the form of a Melon and Leaves
Production:
Höchst faience factory
(Perhaps)
Production:
Paul Hannong's factory
(Perhaps)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in bluish-green, yellow, and manganese-purple
Buff earthenware, moulded in separate parts, assembled, tin-glazed, and painted naturalistically in bluish-green, yellow, and manganese-purple. The melon is roughly pear-shaped, with a broad stalk at the narrow end, on either side of which there is a stalk and a large leaf. Part of another leaf projects from below the wide end of the melon. The cover is domed, more so at the wide end than the narrow, and on top has a stalk with two narrow leaves. Another feature, perhaps a bud or another leaf forming the knob is missing. A large yellow and manganese-purple snail grazes on the stalk of the lower part. On the underside of the leaves and melon there are three spur marks.
History note: David Kugelmann, Kissingen, from whom purchased for 25 marks on 2 August 1899 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 10.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
Circa
1750
CE
-
1760
CE
The origin of this melon box is uncertain. Rackham (1935), considered it might have been from Strasburg rather than Höchst. It was probably intended to be used for a desert, partly as a container for food and partly as an ornament.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( bluish-green, yellow, and manganese-purple)
Lower Part
Width 17.8 cm
Accession number: C.2886 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 76765
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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