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Autumn
Uncertain
Unknown
(Maker)
Passe, Crispijn I de
Plaque of Autumn. Ivory, carved in low relief and mounted on thicker wood panel. Approximately square. In a set with M.3A, M.3B, M.3D-1991.
C. Autumn: A gentleman and lady carousing in the open air, with on the right a vase of flowers, two bowls of fruit and a bottle, and on the left, peasants making wine. Inscribed at the top centre 'OCTOBRE' and at the bottom centre 'AUTOMNE'.
History note: Purchased by Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950) from Langstone in December, 1917 for £17.0.0; the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.
Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 10.5 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1950)
by
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
17th - 19th Century
Circa
1600
-
Circa
1900
After an engraving of April (despite the inscription) from a set of the Twelve Months by Crispijn I de Passe
Mount composed of wood (plant material)
Carving : Ivory, carved in low relief and mounted on thicker wood panel
Accession number: M.3C-1991
Primary reference Number: 31800
Packing number: EWA 698-701
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
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Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31800 Accessed: 2022-05-21 19:37:33
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Accession Number: PD.963-1963
Accession Number: PD.159-2015
Accession Number: C.989-2016
Accession Number: PD.202-1985
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