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Production: Unidentified Westerwald pottery
Grey salt-glazed stoneware decorated with three incised running stag between bands of foliated stems in relief, painted underglaze in blue and manganese-purple
Grey stoneware, thrown, with applied handle, turned bands, and incised and applied moulded relief decoration, painted in cobalt-blue and manganese-purple before salt-glazing. The cylindrical body tapers slightly towards the top where the sides contract to take a mount for a cover. The thick loop handle has a vertical longitudinal ridge, and tapers towards its lower junction with the body, below which there is an applied upward curl of clay. The decoration is divided into zones by horizontal grooves. The main field has a vertically ridged ground on which are incised three running stags with manganese-purple bodies and blue antlers. Below is a band of foliage in relief picked out in blue and purple with a blue horizontal band above and below. Above the stags is a similar band of foliage with manganese-purple bands above and below. A wider blue band encircles the body at the level of the top of the handle.
History note: Renninger, dealer in Kissingen, Bavaria, where bought in July 1901 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambidge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 15.2 cm
Width: 13.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early
Circa
1690
-
1725
Decoration
composed of
smalt
( produced by fusing cobalt with an alkali, usually potash, and sand, grinding to a powder, and mixing with water)
manganese-oxide
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Base
Diameter 9.2 cm
Body
Relief Decoration
grey Stoneware
Accession number: C.2045-1928
Primary reference Number: 73045
Old object number: 1217
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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