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Factory:
Giuseppe Bartolucci
Factory:
Casali and Caligari
Maiolica teapot and cover, painted in purple, green, and yellow with a vignette on each side of two buildings in a landscape, surrounded by birds, foliage, and insects.
Earthenware, tin-glazed overall except for the underside of the foot. Painted predominantly in manganese-purple, with touches of bluish-green and yellow.
Fluted waisted body with curved shoulders and low foot; loop handle with an upward curl at its lower end; curved, fluted spout, and stepped, fluted cover surmounted by a cone-shaped finial. The flat rim of the pot has two indentations to admit matching projections on the inner rim of the cover.
On each side there is a vignette of two buildings in a landscape. The rest of the body is decorated with sketchy foliage, scattered birds, butterflies, and other insects. The spout and handle are mottled in manganese and the rim of the pot and the edge of the foot are outlined in manganese. The cover is decorated with two buildings, four butterflies and foliage. The rim and finial are manganese and there are two concentric blue circles round the junction of the latter with the cover.
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by Lady St. John Hope
Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 22.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1949) by Lady St. John Hope
18th Century, Mid
Circa
1757
CE
-
1762
CE
Accessioned as Savona. Probably made by Giuseppe Bartoloucci or Casali and Caligari. But Faenza has also been suggested. See Documentation
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese-purple, with touches of bluish-green and yellow)
Foot
Diameter 12.0 cm
except for the underside of the foot
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Moulding
: Earthenware, tin-glazed overall except for the underside of the foot. Painted predominantly in manganese-purple, with touches of bluish-green and yellow.
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.3 & A-1949
Primary reference Number: 74294
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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