Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Factory:
Hannong, Charles-François
(Probably)
Factory:
Hannong, Paul Anton
(Possibly)
Entities
Categories
Description
Tin-glazed earthenware stand for fruit painted in blue
Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed and painted in blue. The rounded lozenge-shaped dish has a wavy edge, steep fluted sides and a flat centre. It is supported on four dolphin-shaped scroll supports rising from a shallow flat-topped base of the same outline. The dish is decorated inside with a central lozenge-shaped motif, and round the edge with a border of lambrequin type with scrolls, daisy-like flowers, and foliage. The exterior has a narrower border below the rim. The supports have comparable decoration down their backs and the edges of the base have eight separate motifs of the same type. A letter G with a slanting stroke below it is painted on the underside of the dish.
Notes
History note: Madame Sattler, Basel, Switzerland from whom bought for 65 francs in April 1902 by Dr J.W. L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 20.5 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
18th Century, second quarter
Circa
1725
-
1740
Note
This stand is similar to two in the Historisches Museum, Basel (inv. nos. 1911.1739 and 1983.340) attributed to the Hannong factory in Strasbourg. It would possibly have stood on a Surtout, a large stand for the centre of a table on which dishes for fruit and containers for condiments were arranged (same museum, 1911.1738). The factory was founded by Charles-François Hannong (d. 1739) and was continued by his son, Paul Hannong (d. 1760) who with his brother Balthazar had been associated with his father since 1732.
School or Style
Berainesque
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
high temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Surface
composed of
tin-glaze
Base
Length 18.6 cm
Dish
Length 23.8 cm
Width 20 cm
Materials used in production
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Moulding
: Buff earthenware, moulded in parts, assembled before firing, tin-glazed, and painted in blue
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: G with a slanting short line below it
- Text: G/
- Location: On underside of the dish
- Method of creation: Painted in blue
- Type: Painter's mark
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.2361-1928
Primary reference Number: 73401
Old object number: 1255
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 3 June 2025
Last processed: Tuesday 15 July 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
