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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
Stable URI
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
