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Bull: Glaisher MS Catalogue 2771

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Bull

Maker(s)

Factory: Mafra Factory

Entities

Categories

Description

Earthenware painted in blue, green, manganese-brown and white under lead glaze

Notes

History note: Purchased at Gibralter from Benthel ? for £1 on 2 January 1908 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 36 cm
Length: 42.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Caldas da Reinha ⪼ Portugal

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century, Late#
Circa 1890 CE - 1900 CE

Note

This model was probably derived from a marble, bronze or plaster bull after the antique. The type was derived from a Roman bull from Ostia, in the Sala degli Animali of the Museo Pio Clementino in the Vatican, illustrated in Ennio Quirino Visconti's 'Museo Pio Clementino', vol. VII, 1809, pl. XXXI, 2. The pottery model is very close in size to an 18th century bronze bull in the Ashmolean Museum, acquired in Genoa in 1848 by C.D.E. Fortnum

Components of the work

Decoration

Materials used in production

presumed Lead-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulded
Lead-glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: a crown with the words below it

  • Text: MAFRA/CALDAS/PORTUGAL
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Factory mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: Glaisher MS Catalogue 2771
Primary reference Number: 169688
2771
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 May 2015 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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