Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Production:
Unidentified Makkum pottery
(Possibly)
Production:
Unidentified Harlingen pottery
(Probably)
Entities
Categories
Description
Tin-glazed earthenware deep dish painted in manganese-purple and yellow with a half-figure of a woman with a bird perched on her left hand, and concentric bands round the rim
Buff earthenware, thrown, the reverse slip-coated and lead-glazed, the front tin-glazed and painted in yellow and manganese-purple. Circular with an everted rim, and deep curved sides, standing on a wide shallow footring. The inside is painted with a half-length image of a woman holding a bird on her left hand. She is shown three-quarter face, and has long curling blonde hair and a cap with projecting bunches of ribbons at the sides and two yellow feathers on top. She wears a bodice with a low neckline and full sleeves, a purple stomacher, and a skirt decorated with curved stripes and asterisk-like flowers. Encircling the rim there is a wide yellow band between pairs of narrow manganese-purple bands. There are three spur marks near the middle.
Notes
History note: E Wolter, 15 Sophien Strasse, Baden Baden from whom purchased on September 16, 1899 for 25 marks by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 34.5 cm
Height: 7.2 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
17th Century, Late - 18th century, Early
Circa
1695
-
1705
Note
Glaisher considered that the dish was probably German, but Rackham (1935) re-attributed it to Hesdin in France. In 1977 P. Tichelaar of Makkum considered that it came from Friesland, probably Makkum, Comparable dishes are attributed to Harlingen in Friesland, see Documentation.
The woman holding a bird represents the Sense of Touch. Comparable deep dishes from Friesland are decorated with similarly costumed women holding symbols indicating that they represent the Senses of Hearing and Taste. See Fitzwilliam Museum C.2355-1928, C.315-1991
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese-purple and yellow)
Back
composed of
slip
( white)
lead-glaze
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
Materials used in production
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Throwing (pottery technique)
: Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed on the front and painted in manganese-purple and yellow, and lead-glazed on the reverse, probably over a coating of white slip
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.2354-1928
Primary reference Number: 73397
Old object number: 1183
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 15 July 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
