Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Production:
Unidentified Harlingen pottery
(Probably)
Entities
Categories
Description
Tin-glazed earthenware bowl painted in manganese-purple and yellow with a three-quarter length figure of a woman holding a trumpet in her right hand, the reverse, lead-glazed
Buff earthenware, thrown, the reverse slip-coated and lead-glazed, the front tin-glazed and painted in yellow and manganese-purple. The bowl is circular with deep curved sides and everted rim, standing on a wide, shallow footring. Inside there is a three-quarter length figure of a woman holding a trumpet in her right hand representing the sense of hearing. She wears two feathers on top of her head and a dress with a decolleté neckline, a cross-hatched stomacher,, and a wide, striped skirt. Round the rim there are three narrow manganese concentric circles.
Notes
History note: Christie's, 5 April 1934, Catalogue of the Collection of English Pottery and Porcelain and Miniatures formed by Mrs. M.L. Clarke Deceased, late of Toronto, Canada, p. 10, part of lot 66; Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, by which transferred to the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1991.
Legal notes
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 31.2 cm
Height: 8.1 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1991-01-29)
by
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Dating
17th Century, Late - 18th century, Early
Production date:
circa
AD 1700
Note
The bowl is similar to shallower dishes and bowls decorated with allegorical images of women holding a glass representing Taste, or a bird representing Touch, attributed to Harlingen in the Harlinger Aardewerk Museum.
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( yellow and manganese-purple)
Reverse
composed of
lead-glaze
slip
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
Materials used in production
Earthenware
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: circular with blue border
- Text: 66/3
- Location: On back
- Method of creation: Hand-written in pencil
- Type: Label
Inscription present: half of a rectangular label with cut corners and red border
- Text: 1121
- Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.314-1991
Primary reference Number: 74425
Packing number: EURCER 145
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 15 July 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
