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Proprietor:
Eenhoorn, Lambertus van
Factory:
De Metaale Pot
Workman:
Palsgraeff, Isaac
Fan-shaped vase with monster's head handles and nine spouts for flowers, of tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue. The vase stands on a high rectangular socle with a narrow cushion in the stem. The body is oval with a flat back with five nozzles projecting from the top. The front, has a projecting arch at the top on which are four smaller nozzles. On each side there is an open-mouthed monster's head, with wings extending partly across the body on both sides. The front and back of the body are decorated with two winged putti amongst scattered roses and other smaller flowers and foliage. The spouts are decorated with vertical and horizontal scroll motifs. Between them at the back there are pyramidal motifs formed by lines, and at the front scroll motifs. The socle is decorated with two long panels containing roses, other flowers and foliage reserved in a blue ground, and two short panels containing a large acanthus leaf reserved in a blue ground. The edge has a narrow repeating border of stylized buds between leaves.
History note: Unidentified female owner, Saffron Walden, Essex (deceased); sold by Executors to Mrs Haggar, Saffron Walden, by whom sold to Dr Glaisher on 28 November1909 for £11.10.0.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 29 cm
Width: 33.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Early#
Circa
1700
-
1720
Glaisher and Rackham attributed the vase to Louwijs Fictoorsz (Louis Victor) of the De Dubbelde Schenkkan (the Double Jug) factory.
Decoration
composed of
cobalt-blue
Front To Back
Depth 10.7 cm
Base
Depth 9.5 cm
Width 14.5 cm
Moulding
: Earthenware, moulded in parts, assembled, tin-glazed, and painted in cobalt-blue
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: looks like half in figures
Inscription present: I and P share vertical stroke with a dot above the I which projects upwards slightly
Accession number: C.2423-1928
Primary reference Number: 73497
Old object number: 3104
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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