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Maiolica salt, painted in blue. The pan rests on the heads of four nude boys, holding a dog, cat, rat and sack respectively. The pan is decorated with birds and foliage in a garland of leaves.
Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed white overall. The glaze is thinly applied and has crazed with a wide mesh. Painted in shades of the same blue.
Oval salt pan with scrolled border, resting on the heads of four nude boys, holding respectively a dog, a cat, a rat and a sack, seated on an elongated quatrefoil pedestal on four paw feet.
The salt pan is decorated with two birds amid foliage within a garland of leaves, broken at four points by a flower. The boys and the objects they hold are touched with colour. Round the sides of the pedestal is a border of stylised flowers and scrolls; on the upper edge, a wide line flanked by narrow lines; and on the lower edge, two narrow lines. The feet are blue overall.
History note: Lucerne, Switzerland, where purchased in 1903 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher (MS Cat. 1883).
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 15.1 cm
Length: 17.4 cm
Width: 14.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century#
Circa
1600
-
1700
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue)
Moulding
: Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed white overall. The glaze is thinly applied and has crazed with a wide mesh. Painted in shades of the same blue.
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.2205-1928
Primary reference Number: 73231
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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