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Bull: C.1808A-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Bull

Maker(s)

Pottery: M. Mafra

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Description

Orange-coloured earthenware coloured manganese-brown, green, dark blue, and white, and lead-galzed. The bull stands facing to the right in profile on a rectangular base with stepped and moulded sides. The bull is streaked with dark manganese-brown and on its back with white; the top of the base is green and the lower edge of the base is blue, all very runny and streaky.

Notes

History note: Purchased in Gibraltar on 2 June 1908 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1800 CE - 1899 CE

Note

This bull appears to have been derived ultimately from the Roman marble bull found during the Renaissance in the port of Ostia and moved about 1790 and placed in the Museo Pio-Clementino in Rome. It was the model for many 16th and 17th century bulls in painting and sculpture. This model may have been based on a small bronze bull.

School or Style

Neo-Classical

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: a crown over M MAFRA/CALDAS/PORTUGAL
  • Location: Under the base
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Factory mark

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1808A-1928
Primary reference Number: 72669

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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