Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Production:
Hermann, Niklaus
(Perhaps)
Entities
Categories
Description
Slipware hand washing basin with incised floral and geometrical decoration painted in green under yellowish lead-glaze
Red earthenware, thrown and hand shaped, coated with cream slip except for the base, with decoration incised through the slip to reveal the red body, and painted in green under yellowish lead-glaze. The basin has a flat, circular middle from which the sides rise upwards and are squared and flanged at the top of the front and sides; the back is higher and has a flat edge at the top. On the viewer’s left side, there is a twisted loop handle attached to the back at the top and to the top of the flange on the side; the handle on the viewer’s right has been broken off, and is missing. The inside of the base and back are each decorated with an incised floral spray painted here and there with green, and with incised squiggles and strokes in the spaces. Above, on the back, is the date, '1678'. The top edge of the flanges on the front and sides are incised with interlacing curved lines forming alternating ellipses painted green and lozenge-shapes filled with incised criss-cross pattern, appearing red.
Notes
History note: Mrs Born-Straub, Thun, from whom bought in September 1903 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 17.5 cm
Width: 33.3 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
17th Century, Late
Production date:
dated
AD 1678
Note
This basin would have been used for hand washing
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
slip
( cream)
oxide colour
( green)
Base
Diameter 25 cm
Basin
Visible Surfaces
Materials used in production
red
Earthenware
Inscription or legends present
- Text: 1678
- Location: On front of back near the top
- Method of creation: Incised
- Type: Date
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick on label with rounded top corners and narrow double Prussian blue lines running round the left, top and right edges, and a trefoil leaf motif in the top two corners
- Text: Langnau/wash stand/sgraffiato/Dated 1678/Bought at Thun/Septr 1903
- Location: On viewer's left side, outside lower part
- Method of creation: Hand written in black ink
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.1897-1928
Primary reference Number: 72824
Old object number: 1844
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Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 16 December 2025
Last processed: Tuesday 16 December 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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