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Sauce boat: C.2219-1928

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Current Location: In storage

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Maker: Unknown (Possibly)

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Description

Maiolica two-handled sauceboat, painted in blue with, on the inside, a pavilion and tower, and, on the exterior, loose scrolls.

Earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue, partly outlined in manganese.
Oval, with lightly fluted exterior, two lateral scroll handles, and a low foot with scalloped edge.
Inside are a pavilion and a tower surrounded by trees and plants, enclosed by two narrow oval bands between two wide. The exterior is decorated with loose scrolls alternating with tufts depending from a line round the rim. The handles are outlined in blue and have strokes on their outer edge.

Notes

History note: Mrs Born-Straub, Thun, from whom purchased by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher on 28 July 1894

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 5.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century
Circa 1630 CE - 1700 CE

Note

Albisola or Savona

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, and manganese)
Length Length 14.8 cm
Widest Part Width 12.4 cm

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue, partly outlined in manganese.
Tin-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2219-1928
Primary reference Number: 73244
Old object number: 182

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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