1592970582000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-140364 1747246320472 1476881888000 1747245848890 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-140364 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140364 69bf1971-ea0c-353f-b9a8-6bea8bfb6c38 4 person reference agent-152292 adlib-agent-152292 9d8ac806-b9cf-354a-b717-8f0347f5b571 mermaid reference term-37627 adlib-term-37627 254febfe-0021-3e45-89a7-d57ba40044c7 hard-paste porcelain blue, green, yellow, puce, reddish-brown, and dark brown reference term-107563 adlib-term-107563 38dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ff enamels Decoration reference term-106226 adlib-term-106226 194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815 painting Applied Arts Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, puce, reddish-brown, brown, and a little dark brown enamels; the underside has a small circular ventilation hole. The mermaid is supported on a rectangular base with rounded corners and a scrolled edge painted blue and puce. Her front half is sphinx like, and she has long brown hair, dark brown eyes and pale red lips, two green fins on her back, and a green-edged tail which curves upwards to support a shell dish,which is also supported by her backward tilting head. The shell is outlined in puce and blue and has a green leaf at the hinge end. The interior is striped horizontally in puce, yellow and reddish-brown. C.78-1950 1 accession number C.78-1950 140364 priref 140364 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140364 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140364 on base painted in pale purple enamel 6. mark reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson reference agent-180712 adlib-agent-180712 855e3948-593a-3b3c-9d66-028df74284fe Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs 1950 1909 1950-09 given 1760 1760 CE 1760 circa 1760 1770 Accessioned as early 19th century 1 1770 CE 1770 1770 factory reference agent-166157 adlib-agent-166157 23fd678a-dde8-3d1b-bc25-0d84c569975e Doccia Porcelain Factory Shell dishes supported by marine monsters may have been used as salts, and were associated with centrepieces. There are two comparable examples in the Victoria and Albert Museum (C.31-1910 and C.32-1910). This type of ornamental tableware was attributed to Capodimonte in the 19th and early 20th century. reference term-113159 adlib-term-113159 4bdfb4a7-b307-3dfa-a3d6-8ada4683271e 18th Century, third quarter reference term-117018 adlib-term-117018 577d78b9-6ccb-3b87-a80b-3a69b68c9473 literal Italy Italy country literal Tuscany Tuscany region Doccia reference term-37627 adlib-term-37627 254febfe-0021-3e45-89a7-d57ba40044c7 hard-paste porcelain reference term-39575 adlib-term-39575 cdf6707a-1eeb-3622-a26b-6e54f1f8d4ab tin-glaze Height cm 7.6 Height in 3 Width cm 8.5 Width in 3 5/16 reference term-91292 adlib-term-91292 d8901c0c-4f46-3a5a-b7db-d7013fed9c66 salt shell dish history note uncertain before Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa Dickson) reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Publ. p. 108, illustrated fig. 11 108 reference publication-200003003 adlib-publication-200003003 11573bb7-662c-3f88-8d43-9202e761565b Doccia Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum reference publication-4908 adlib-publication-4908 8fe51285-d103-357a-90de-0612ae2bce7b Le porcellane di Capodimonte Cf. pp. 61-2, nos. 36 and 37, Two comparable harpy salt cellars. The author, A. d'Agliano mentions documentary evidence for the factory making vessels incoporating harpies, sirens or sphinxes. 61-2 reference publication-200003004 adlib-publication-200003004 00e36f19-fbeb-3fcb-bf3a-aae703183501 The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection reference term-9010 adlib-term-9010 ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6 Rococo animal reference term-107029 adlib-term-107029 4527b50d-ef1b-3665-9e05-de14e13bc7ed shell literal shell shell

reference term-91292 adlib-term-91292 d8901c0c-4f46-3a5a-b7db-d7013fed9c66 salt

salt hard-paste porcelain, moulded in parts, glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, puce, reddish-brown, and dark brown enamels in parts reference term-120085 adlib-term-120085 68c62b7c-aaf4-38a5-a1be-4d6c615c0714 press-moulding reference term-120059 adlib-term-120059 dfa315b5-819d-37ab-ab22-bddfdbb3cbe7 tin-glazing object OBJECT