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Ewer and basin
Silversmith: Unknown (Probably)
Silver; embossed, chased and matted, and decorated with acanthus leaves and putti amid scrolling foliage
Silver; with embossed and chased decoration, and matted and plain surfaces. Helmet-shaped ewer on a short stem and oval foot, with projecting covered spout, the cover perforated at the end; cast harp-shaped handle; and covex cover with a raised circle in the centre and a cast 'turned' finial. The body of is decorated below the rim with a frieze of putti amid scrolling foliage separated by a filet from a calyx of acanthus leaves growing upwards from the junction with the stem which has a gadrooned 'frill' half way up. The spout is wrapped in acanthus foliage, and there is a leaf extending downwards from the top of the handle. The foot has a border of scrolling foliage, and the cover has acanthus foliage radiating from the raised centre. (A) Oval basin with applied reeded edge, wide rim, and shallow oval well. It has a plain centre, and on the rim, four putti amid scrolling foliage with a matted ground.
History note: Sir William Lockhart of Lee (1621-1675); by descent to an anonymous lender in 1977 from whom purchased
Purchased with the Golland and Rylands Funds with a grant from the B.N. Stuart Bequest to the National Art Collections Fund and Grand-in-Aid from the Regional Fund of the Museums and Galleries Commission
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-10-21) by Anonymous
17th Century, third quarter#
Louis XIV (1638-1715)
Circa
1656
CE
-
Circa
1660
CE
The putti among foliage may have been derived from engraved designs by Jean Lepautre (1618-82). The ewer and basin are unmarked but are most likely to have been made in Paris.
Ewer - To Finial Top
Height 21 cm
Height 8¼ in
Basin
Length 41.5 cm
Length 16⅜ in
Width 30.2 cm
Width 11⅞ in
Ewer - Whole
Weight 880 g
Weight 28:5 oz:dwt
Basin - Whole
Weight 923 g
Weight 29:13 oz:dwt
Decoration
Finial
Handle
Raised (metal forming process) : Silver, raised, embossed, chased, and matted, with cast handle and finial
Accession number: M.468 & A-1985
Primary reference Number: 118340
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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