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Wine bottle: C.2005-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Production: Knütgen, Anno (Possibly)

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Description

Greyish-buff stoneware, thrown, decorated with three applied moulded reliefs and thin off-white probably ash-glaze. The bottle has a bulbous body with pronounced horizontal throwing marks, a narrow neck, and a ring handle. The sides are decorated with three moulded medallions, each showing Adam and Eve standing on either side of the Tree of Knowledge (The Fall) enclosed by a garland. The relief on the viewer's right when the handle is towards them, is more clearly defined than the one on the left, and the one on the front is less sharp.

Notes

History note: William Mullins, 52, High Street, Salisbury, from whom purchased for £5 by letter on 16 August 1922 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge. The jug arrived in Cambridge on 25 August 1922.

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 12.7 cm
Width: 10.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

16th Century, Late
Circa 1570 - 1580

Note

The jug was attributed by Rackham (1935) to the workshop of Anno Knütgen (active c. 1567-81), one of several members of this family who were potting in the Aulgasse area of Siegburg in the second half of the sixteenth century.

School or Style

Renaissance

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Body
Decoration

Materials used in production

greyish-buff Stoneware
presumed ash-glaze Glaze

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating)

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2005-1928
Primary reference Number: 72991
Old object number: 3885

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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