IDENTIFIERS
-----------
id:	72874
accession number:	C.1920-1928

DATE AUDIT
----------
created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 13 January 2026

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
----------------
object type: Reddish-brown earthenware painted in dark brown and white slip and copper-green, under clear glaze. The cistern is rectangular with a slanting top, bevelled front corners, and a horizontal D-shaped opening near the top of the undecorated back for filling. On the viewer's left side there is a projecting hook for suspension; the one on the other side has been broken off. In the middle of the lower edge at the front, It has a small spigot in the shape of a grotesque mask with bulging eyes and an open mouth containing a metal cylinder. The top, front, and sides are decorated with simple floral sprays, and on either side of the spigot, trailed in dark brown, is the date 18     28.
object type: reddish-brown earthenware painted in green, brown and cream  with floral sprays  and dated 1823 under clear glaze
title:	wall cistern

NOTES
-----
type: history note
value: Mr Dreyfus, Geneva, from whom purchased for 15 francs on 22 February 1904 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College


LICENSING
---------
text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
---------
instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	J. W. L. Glaisher
creditline: Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

STABLE URL
----------
url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72874





TECHNIQUES
----------
hand building

CATEGORIES
------
category: lead-glazed earthenware
category: Swiss slipware

DATING
------
creation date:	1828 - 1828
creation date earliest:	1828
creation date latest:	1828
culture:	1820s

CREATORS
--------
maker: Unidentified Heimberg Pottery

DIMENSIONS
----------
dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 9.9

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 22

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 186



CITATIONS
--------
Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
---
IMAGES

surrogate: large
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/C_1920_1928_281_29.jpg
height: 740 pixels
width: 570 pixels

surrogate: mid
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/mid_C_1920_1928_281_29.jpg
height: 649 pixels
width: 500 pixels

surrogate: original
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/C_1920_1928_281_29.jpg
height: 740 pixels
width: 570 pixels

surrogate: preview
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/preview_C_1920_1928_281_29.jpg
height: 325 pixels
width: 250 pixels


surrogate: large
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/C_1920_1928_282_29.jpg
height: 740 pixels
width: 570 pixels

surrogate: mid
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/mid_C_1920_1928_282_29.jpg
height: 649 pixels
width: 500 pixels

surrogate: original
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/C_1920_1928_282_29.jpg
height: 740 pixels
width: 570 pixels

surrogate: preview
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/preview_C_1920_1928_282_29.jpg
height: 325 pixels
width: 250 pixels