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Wine cooler: C.1387-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: unidentified London pottery (Possibly)
Maker: Brislington Pottery (Possibly)
Maker: Unidentified Bristol pottery (Possibly)

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Description

Earthenware moulded, with applied handles and feet, tin-glazed dark blue and painted in opaque white. Oval with flat base, gadrooned sides, outward curving wavy rim, and at each end, an applied lion's mask and a twisted ring handle passing through its mouth (one mostly missing), supported on three bun feet, the base of each pierced by a circular hole. Each side is painted in white with a Chinese figure in a landscape in late Ming style between borders of scrolls. A border of similar scrolls is inside the rim.

Notes

History note: Barton Collection, Cambrdige; acquired about 1894 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 15.5 cm
Length: 28 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

17th Century, Late
Charles II
James II
William III and Mary II
Circa 1680 CE - 1695 CE

Note

Formerly attributed to London, but might also have been made at Brislington or Bristol

School or Style

Baroque
Chinoiserie

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( white)
Body
Masks

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
dark blue Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: Rectangular label with a small blue motif in each corner

  • Text: Flower pot/blue enamel with white/decoration/b. in Cambrdige/ about 1894/Came from the/collection of Mr/Barton, editor/of the Stamford/Mercury
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Handwritten in black ink
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1387-1928
Primary reference Number: 71903
Old object number: 642

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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