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Covered bowl with two lugs: C.1914 & A-1928

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Covered bowl with two lugs

Maker(s)

Production: Herrmann Workshop (Probably)

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Description

Red earthenware, with marbled decoration on the exterior, slip-coating inside the bowl and cover, and incised and painted decoration under lead-glaze

Red earthenware thrown, with applied moulded horizontal lugs and knob, decorated with slip, and incised decoration under lead-glaze. The bowl has deep curved sides with a projecting band below the lugs, and stands on a footring. The domed cover has a narrow border, with an internal flange which fits inside the top of the bowl. The central knob is mushroom-shaped with a slight hump in the middle. The exterior of both parts is marbled with white and brown slip, and green, except for the base. The inside of the bowl is coated with white slip, and has an incised plant in the base painted in reddish-brown, green, and yellow, and has the date '1783' incised below, under lead-glaze. Round the rim there are five bands of chattering or rouletted points over which are painted a green band, and two horizontal yellow lines level with the lugs on the exterior. The underside of the cover is coated in white slip and incised in the middle with a flower and leaf painted in reddish-brown, green, yellow and manganese-purple under lead-glaze.The interior and exterior of the flange and border have bands of chattering or rouletting, over which are yellow and green bands.

Notes

History note: Mrs Born-Straub, Thun, from whom purchased 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: 10.8 cm
Width: 17 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Late
Production date: dated AD 1783

Note

The bowl has been atttributed to the Herrmann workshop at Höheweg 1 in Langnau.

Components of the work

Rim Of Bowl Diameter 13.5 cm
Rim Of Cover Diameter 13.5 cm

Materials used in production

red-brown Earthenware

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 1783
  • Location: Inside on base
  • Method of creation: Incised
  • Type: Date

Inscription present: spelling uncertain

  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Incised

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1914 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 72852
Old object number: 1831

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 14 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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