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Basin: C.2222-1928

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Maiolica basin for ewer, painted in blue, yellow, orange, and purple with a shield, gadroons, shell-shapes and foliage in relief.

Earthenware, tin-glazed overall. The glaze is thickly applied, and obscures the detail of the moulding. Painted in blue, yellow, orange, and manganese-purple.
Shape 72. The rib round the boss is moulded in relief with a foliated stem. The well is decorated with ten spiral reversed gadroons separated by foliage in relief, and the sloping rim has five shell-shaped depressions flanked by foliage in relief.
In the middle, beneath a prelate's or cardinal's hat, is a shield charged with the arms azure, two swords crossed in saltire proper, the hilts in chief or, flanked on each side by six tassels arranged one, two, three.

Notes

History note: Probably Sotheby's, 5 December 1918, lot 164; Dr J.W.L. Glaisher.

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 51.1 cm
Height: 6.2 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Faenza ⪼ Emilia-Romagna ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

17th Century#
Circa 1650 CE - 1675 CE

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in blue, yellow, orange, and manganese-purple)

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed overall. The glaze is thickly applied, and obscures the detail of the moulding. Painted in blue, yellow, orange, and manganese-purple.

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2222-1928
Primary reference Number: 80801
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 11 August 2016 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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