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Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with St Joseph leading the Christ Child by the hand, flowers and foliage, two crossed anchors, and an inscription, dated 1764
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue. The circular bowl has deep sides, and stands on a footring. On either side it has a horizontal triangular lug painted with a fleur-de-lys. The domed cover has a mushroom-shaped knob, and underneath the rim, a flange which fits inside the rim of the bowl. The inside of the bowl is painted with St Joseph leading the Christ Child by the hand with three small trees behind them, titled below 'St..Joseph'. Round the top of the sides are four sprays of flowers and foliage alternating with four smaller sprigs. The exterior has an arrangement of flowers and foliage on each side. The cover is decorated with two crossed anchors, three arrangements of flowers and foliage, and five insects. The top of the knob is painted to resemble a pink or carnation. The name, Joseph Bourdault is painted on the cover around the knob with below it Aspire a Ce que le nom et le Coeur/De Cel Sy desou passe au Sien 1764'. On the underside of the cover is a figure of St Margaret leading a dragon by a chain, with above 'Mademoiselle, Colinau' and below. '1764'.
History note: Monsieur Gouy, Rouen, from whom bought for the equivalent of £4.0.0 in January 1903 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 12.6 cm
Width: 26.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter
Louis XV
Production date:
dated
AD 1764
Decoration
composed of
cobalt oxide
Surface
composed of
tin-glaze
Foot
Diameter 12 cm
Bowl
Diameter 17 cm
Bowl And Cover
Handles And Knob
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.2324 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 73363
Old object number: 1998
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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