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 blue, yellow and manganese-purple with a three-quarter figure of a lady holding three fruits in her right hand
Buff earthenware, thrown, the reverse slip-coated and lead-glazed, the front tin-glazed and painted in blue, yellow and manganese-purple. The bowl (or deep dish) is circular with a wide sloping rim and curved well, standing on a wide, shallow footring. The interior is decorated with a three-quarter-length figure of a woman holding three seed pods or buds in her right hand. She has shoulder-length hair and a headdress with two yellow feathers on top. She wears a manganese-purple bodice with a yellow fichu fastened by a brooch, a yellow stomacher, and a blue, yellow and manganese-purple stripe skirt. On either side of her there are blue clouds or curtains, and round the rim two narrow blue bands, a broad yellow band and another narrow blue band. there are three spur marks in the well.
Notes
History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 30 cm
Height: 6 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
Production date:
circa
AD 1700
Note
In 1935 Rackham attributed this dish to Hesdin in northern France, but in 1977 P. Tichelaar of Makkum considered that it came from Friesland in the Netherlands, possibly from Makkum. Comparable deep dishes have more recently been attributed to Harlingen, see Documentation.
The woman probably represents the Sense of Smell if the objects in her hand are interpreted as flowers. Deep dishes and bowls are decorated with comparable women holding a drinking glass for Taste and a bird for Touch are in the Harlingen Museum.
School or Style
Baroque
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue, yellow, and manganese-purple)
Back
composed of
lead-glaze
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
Reverse
Materials used in production
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Throwing (pottery technique)
: Buff earthenware, thrown, the reverse, slip-coated and lead-glazed, the front tin-glazed and painted in blue, yellow and manganese-purple
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.2355-1928
Primary reference Number: 73398
Old object number: 1341
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
