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Wine barrel: C.2318-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Pottery

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware barrel painted in greyish-green, yellow, manganese-purple, a little red, and black with vine sprays and horizontal stripes

Earthenware, pierced, tin-glazed, and painted in greyish-green, yellow, manganese-purple, a little red, and black. The sides of the barrel are divided into three sections by slightly raised hoops, and the circular ends are recessed. One end has a small hole near the edge to take a spigot, and there is a larger rimmed hole in the middle section on one side for a bung. The sides are encircled by four pairs of a black and a yellow horizontal band to create three sections. The central, wider section, is decorated with two vine sprays tied by a red ribbon below the hole for the bung. The narrower upper and lower sections each have a shorter spray of vine leaves. Both ends of the barrel are decorated with a vine plant bearing five small bunches of grapes.

Notes

History note: Fenton, Cranbourne Street, London (probably S.G. Fenton), from whom bought for £2 0.0. about 1898 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 22 cm
Height: 30.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1700 - 1799

Note

The attribution of the barrel to Nevers is uncertain. If it was used, the barrel would probably have been supported on a wooden cradle so that the bung hole and the decoration were uppermost.

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( greyish-green, yellow, manganese-purple, a little red, and black)
Surfaces composed of tin-glaze
Base
Holes
Surface

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2318-1928
Primary reference Number: 73342
Old object number: 704

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 20 May 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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