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Proprietor:
Eenhoorn, Lambertus van
Factory:
De Metaale Pot
Flower vase in the form of an obelisk with four spouts at its base, supported by a heart-shaped stand with lizard handles, and four spouts on the shoulders, tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Earthenware, moulded in sections, tin-glazed and painted in blue. The vase comprises a flattened obelisk with four spouts at its base, and two feet, standing on the top of a heart-shaped stand with four spouts on the shoulders, two lizard-shaped handles, and a rectangular foot. The two long sides of the obelisk are decorated with a pyramidal arrangements of flowers and scrolls reserved in a blue ground, and the two short sides with a vertical spray of flowers and foliage on a white ground. All the spouts are decorated with pointed leaf motifs pointing downwards. One side of the heart-shaped stand is decorated with a seated woman holding a cornucopia (Flora?) surrounded by flowering plants with above, on the right, a bird, and the left an insect. The other side is decorated with a seated couple in contemporary dress, seated in a landscape. The foot is decorated with four white medallions each enclosing a flowerhead, reserved in a blue ground decorated with reserved foliage, and round the edge is a criss-cross border.
History note: Mr Aked, Green Street, Leciester Square, London, from whom purchased about 1899 for £4.10.0 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 29.8 cm
Width: 14.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late - 18th century, Early
Circa
1691
-
1724
A comparable fgure of Flora occurs on a much larger obelisk in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, see Documentation
Decoration
composed of
lead-glaze
( kwaart)
cobalt-blue
Foot
Depth 5.2 cm
Width 13 cm
Moulding
: Earthenware, moulded in sections, assembled, tin-glazed, and painted in blue
Lead-glazing
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: I and P share vertical stroke, and there is a dot over it to indicate I present
Accession number: C.2424-1928
Primary reference Number: 73498
Old object number: 1241
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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