IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 317583 accession number: C.11-2024 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Monday 19 August 2024 updated: Tuesday 10 December 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Parian porcelain, slip cast in the shape of bearded Assyrian man's head wearing a tall headdress projecting from masonry, mounted on a square, straight-sided base with 'NIMROD' impressed into the front. The flat underside of the base has a large circular hole in the centre. title: vase NOTES ----- type: history note value: John Edward Trice, MA, LLM (1941-2022), Aberystwyth; bought by donor from an Antiques Fair at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham (date and vendor unknown) LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Bequeathed by John Edward Trice, 2022 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/317583 PEOPLE ------------------- Nimrod SUBJECTS ------------------- Assyrian Sculpture TECHNIQUES ---------- Parian porcelain, slip cast; a vertical seam runs up the flat back; the base has a large circular ventilation hole slip-casting CATEGORIES ------ category: Parian (porcelain) DATING ------ creation date: 1882 - 1882 creation date earliest: 1882 creation date latest: 1882 culture: 19th Century, Late culture: Victoria CREATORS -------- maker: W. T. Copeland & Sons maker: Hays, Aaron DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Depth units: cm value: 8.3 dimension: Height units: cm value: 16.5 dimension: Width units: cm value: 7.5 CITATIONS -------- The Parian Phenomenon, A Survey of Victorian Parian Porcelain Statuary and Busts Parian, Copeland's Statuary Porcelain ---