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Workshop: Pompei workshop
Maiolica ewer, tin-glazed dark blue and painted in white with a grotesque human mask. The handle in the shape of a dolphin.
Earthenware, tin-glazed dark blue overall. Painted in white. Helmet-shaped with fluted sides, scalloped rim, and projecting spout moulded on the underside with a grotesque human mask, loop handle in the shape of a dolphin with its head at the upper end, and circular foot rising in the middle to form a short stem with an annulet below its junction with the body.
The features of the mask and dolphin's head are picked out in white. The mask is surrounded by a U-shaped garland of delicate foliate scrolls and a similar garland encircles the foot.
History note: George Stoner, London, from whom purchased for £3 on 29 October 1911 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 20.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
16th Century
Circa
1580
CE
-
1600
CE
Formerly attributed to Nevers
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( white)
Foot
Diameter 9.8 cm
Widest Part
Width 21.3 cm
Moulding
: Earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed dark blue overall and painted in white
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.2338-1928
Primary reference Number: 73375
Old object number: 3462
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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