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Henri II Ware Ewer
Pottery: Unidentified French potter (Possibly)
Fine pale cream earthenware with applied, inlaid, and painted decoration under lead glaze.
Of half ovoid form with a slightly projecting rib, and four grotesque bearded male masks with gaping mouths at intervals round the rim. Four garlands are suspended from the masks, each of five linked bunches of fruit, flowers, and leaves applied in relief over the other decoration. The creamy-white ground is decorated with pale brown strapwork with inlaid brownish-black outlines, interlaced with inlaid brownish-black tendrils. This ground, with its decoration, was applied to the vessel, and fine lines breaking the design indicate where it was cut and shaped to fit. The beards of the masks are coloured brownish-yellow, and the garlands are coloured blue, green, brownish-yellow, and manganese. The interior has been painted pinkish buff. The vessel is supported on a later silver-plated metal, scrolled, and foliated tripod stand, with engraved ornament. The stand is secured to the vessel by means of wires passing through a hole in its base. The hole is covered by a wooden disk.
History note: Debruge-Duménil Collection; sold Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Bonnefons de Lavialle commissaire-priseur, 23 January - 12 March 1850, Catalogue des objets d'art qui composent la collection Debruge Duménil dont la vente aux enchères aura lieu à Paris . . ., lot 1150; Henry T. Hope; George Eumorfopoulos; sold Sotheby's, 6 June 1940, The Eumorfopoulos Collections, Catalogue of the collection of Persian Ceramics and Islamic Glass, Egyptian, Greek and Roman Antiquities, Choice Medieval and Renaissance works of Art etc. formed by the late George Eumorfopoulos Esq., p. 71, lot 229; purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Method of acquisition: Bought (1940-06-16) by Sotheby's
16th Century, Mid
Henri II
Circa
1540
CE
-
1560
CE
The place of manufacture of 'Saint-Porchaire' ware is uncertain. It was thought to have been made at Saint-Porchaire, near Bressuire (Deux-Sèvres). More recently Paris, and Fontainebleau have been considered. See Documentation
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
Bowl
Diameter 13.5 cm
Height 11.2 cm
Over Mask
Height 20 cm
Including Mask
Width 15.5 cm
see Documentation
Earthenware
Lead-glaze
Inscription present: oval paper label
Accession number: EC.2-1940
Primary reference Number: 76904
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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