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The Return of the Spies
Production:
Unidentified South German pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
Unidentified Steckborn pottery
(Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, green, yellow, and manganese-purple. Cylindrical with a loop handle. The front is painted with 'The Return of the Spies', carrying an enormous bunch of grapes between them on a pole. Pewter mounts to the rim and base, and cover with a thumbpiece, hinged to a mount on the handle. In the middle of the top of the cover there is a lion with military trophies with below IM SEPTEMBER 1838. Below i are the incised initials 'S W'.
History note: Mr E. Dreyfus, 2 rue de la Cité, Geneva, from whom purchased on 18 September 1907 for 35 francs by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 19.7 cm
Height: 22.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century
Circa
1700
CE
-
1800
CE
Dated
1838
CE
-
When purchased, the vendor attributed it unhesitatingly to Steckborn in the Canton of Thurgau in Switzerland, but it could have come from Southern Germany
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, greeen, yellow, and manganese-purple)
Cover
composed of
pewter
Base
Diameter 19.7 cm
Body
Inscription present: script letters
Accession number: C.2988-1928
Primary reference Number: 74270
2613
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "The Return of the Spies" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74270 Accessed: 2024-12-18 16:00:19
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