Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)
Maker(s)
Production:
Unidentified Westerwald pottery
Entities
Categories
Description
Grey salt-glazed stoneware decorated with incised flowers and foliage reserved in a cobalt-blue ground
Grey stoneware, thrown, with applied handle, and incised decoraton reserved in a cobalt-blue ground painted before salt-glazing; pewter cover. The cylindrical tankard has a loop handle to the top of which is attached a hinged pewter thumbpiece in the shape of a shell, and low domed cover. The top and bottom of the sides have a narrow border with a simple design of continuous dotted points and curves with spots of blue at intervals. The main field is incised with a large slanting stem with two large lanceolate leaves with scalloped edges, a tulip and a bud, on either side of which is a vertical coiling stem with four circular flower with scalloped edges. The plants are reserved in a dark cobalt-blue ground stopping short of the area on either side and under the handle which is undecorated. undecorated.
Notes
History note: An old lady in Wiesbaden; Ludwig Heinemann, Taunnsstrasse 40, Wiesbaden, from whom purchased on 10 October 1908 for 12 marks, by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 12.9 cm
Height: 14.9 cm
Width: 12.3 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early
1680
-
1720
School or Style
Baroque
Components of the work
Body And Handle
composed of
stoneware
( grey)
Decoration
composed of
cobalt-blue
( underglaze)
Cover And Thumbpiece
composed of
pewter
Base
Diameter 8.8 cm
Body
Surface
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: very roughly scratched; the X has a curved tail
- Text: x L11 X
- Location: On top of cover
- Method of creation: Scratched
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.2053-1928
Primary reference Number: 73057
Old object number: 2863
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 15 July 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
