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Factory:
Greek A Factory
Proprietor:
Kocks, Adriaen
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, comprising a vase with two twisted snake handles, two covers with spouts, and a stand with applied gadrooning, decorated in baroque style with architectural elements, vases, masks, female figures, putti, and formal foliage and flowers.
History note: An unidentified English owner; purchased from Mr Louis Mossel, 6 Manette Street, Charingcross Road, London, in July 1906, for £110.0.0 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 108.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
Production date:
circa
AD 1690
: Adriaen Kocks (d. 1701) was proprietor of the Greek A factory from 1686 until his death.
Comparable flower vases are at Chatsworth, Derbyshire (1), Uppark (National Trust), West Sussex (1), the Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft (2), and, lacking its cover and spouts section, the Gemeentemuseum, The Hague. See Documentation. Aken-Fehmers, 2007. A similar vase without its stand was sold by Sotheby's of London in 1994 and is now the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Decoration
composed of
cobalt
Base
Diameter 29.5 cm
Height 39.3 cm
Top Section
Height 15.1 cm
Width 17.4 cm
Lower Spouted Cover
Height 15 cm
Height 16.4 cm
Two-handled Section
Height 44.8 cm
Height 51.1 cm
Across Handles
Width 46 cm
Parts
pale buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.2603 & A-C-1928
Primary reference Number: 73775
Old object number: 2577
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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