{"admin":{"added":1592984312000,"created":1312637261000,"flag":"Standard Record","id":"object-74966","indexed":1754330645499,"modified":1714467792000,"processed":1754330624263,"source":"adlib","stream":"fitz-online","uid":"adlib-object-74966","uri":"https:\/\/data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk\/id\/object\/74966","uuid":"5d74eb4d-6d87-33d6-a1b3-d3ed5f8bffb8","version":5},"agents":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-79901","uid":"adlib-agent-79901","uuid":"4e0ce570-bbae-33af-a23e-afbf2f5fbe65"},"summary_title":"Ligorio, Pirro"},{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-53045","uid":"adlib-agent-53045","uuid":"44122d91-3056-31e3-8576-9324bc6c7dbd"},"summary_title":"Romano, Giulio"},{"@link":{"relation":"person","type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-151642","uid":"adlib-agent-151642","uuid":"3fb9f3ee-3699-32f6-87ec-47e97df0dce3"},"summary_title":"Jupiter"},{"@link":{"relation":"person","type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-153380","uid":"adlib-agent-153380","uuid":"cadc0122-508f-31b4-b7a3-b3453a6d7c05"},"summary_title":"Leda"},{"@link":{"relation":"person","type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-192196","uid":"adlib-agent-192196","uuid":"4b6c7202-6c9f-3a30-8c31-3079ec85c875"},"summary_title":"Castor"},{"@link":{"relation":"person","type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-192197","uid":"adlib-agent-192197","uuid":"c126b33d-2edf-3d3f-800a-c0714260acc9"},"summary_title":"Pollux"}],"categories":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-42861","uid":"adlib-term-42861","uuid":"5b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956c"},"summary_title":"earthenware"},{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-108657","uid":"adlib-term-108657","uuid":"c170cd8e-fc63-3446-81a4-6682b5979808"},"summary_title":"lead-glazed earthenware"},{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-133689","uid":"adlib-term-133689","uuid":"4ef26466-81ce-3d12-aa11-d9f705180c56"},"summary_title":"majolica ware"}],"component":[{"materials":[{"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-31338","uid":"adlib-term-31338","uuid":"592bb158-b2e6-372c-ab3a-42267397cb42"},"summary_title":"pigment"}},{"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-37088","uid":"adlib-term-37088","uuid":"0a28530e-cea8-3d08-b792-a30bf68f524f"},"summary_title":"clear glaze"}}],"name":"Decoration","techniques":[{"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-106226","uid":"adlib-term-106226","uuid":"194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815"},"summary_title":"painting"}},{"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-122641","uid":"adlib-term-122641","uuid":"d5fb75d8-097d-3fd7-8e70-87e9d96d77f7"},"summary_title":"glazing"}}]}],"content":{"motifs":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-1111","uid":"adlib-term-1111","uuid":"46c949dd-f376-3538-878f-397baee5be09"},"summary_title":"mythology"}]},"department":{"value":"Applied Arts"},"description":[{"value":"Pale cream earthenware, painted in shades of brown under clear glaze."},{"value":"Wide, saucer-shaped dish on low spool-like foot. The design, on a buff ground which covers the upper surface, shows Jupiter holding the beak of a swan above Leda and the new-born Castor and Pollux, with other figures and a bull, against a background of trees, cliffs and flowing water. The figures are outlined in purple-brown. A thin cream toothed band runs around the rim. The raised foot is decorated with an undulating ivy leaf tendril, between two horizontal bands, all on a buff ground.  The underside of the foot is glazed, with two suspension holes in the upper side."}],"identifier":[{"accession_number":"C.41-1972","primary":true,"type":"accession number","value":"C.41-1972"},{"priref":"74966","type":"priref","value":"74966"},{"type":"uri","uri":"https:\/\/data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk\/id\/object\/74966","value":"https:\/\/data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk\/id\/object\/74966"}],"inscription":[{"location":"bottom lhs of image, under Leda's left foot","method":"painted","transcription":[{"value":"Kirkby"}],"type":"inscription"},{"description":[{"value":"signature, possibly \u2018Ruisiola\u2019 [?]"}],"location":"bottom lhs of image, under Leda's right foot","type":"inscription"},{"location":"underside of base","method":"impressed","transcription":[{"value":"MINTON"}],"type":"factory mark"},{"description":[{"value":"circular crown and ermine mark"}],"location":"underside of base","method":"stamped in red","type":"factory mark"},{"location":"underside of base","method":"handpainted in purple-red","transcription":[{"value":"Apotheosis of Jupiter"}],"type":"inscription"}],"institutions":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-149638","uid":"adlib-agent-149638","uuid":"7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8"},"summary_title":"The Fitzwilliam Museum"}],"legal":{"credit_line":"Bought with the Percival Fund and the Victoria & Albert Museum  Grant in Aid fund"},"lifecycle":{"acquisition":[{"agents":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-160895","uid":"adlib-agent-160895","uuid":"a1eb7880-da59-3f1e-96f8-35488a6c8c56"},"summary_title":"Stainton, Thomas"}],"date":[{"earliest":1972,"latest":1972,"value":"1972-10-19"}],"method":{"value":"bought"},"note":[{"value":"Entry date: 1972-10-19"}]}],"creation":[{"date":[{"earliest":1862,"era":["CE"],"latest":1862,"note":[{"value":"dated"}],"value":"1862"}],"maker":[{"@link":{"role":[{"value":"production"}],"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-153865","uid":"adlib-agent-153865","uuid":"853be336-7cfb-32d1-aa54-fb4dff401cf0"},"summary_title":"Minton & Co."}],"note":[{"value":"Kirkby is said to have painted the first piece of \u2018Majolica ware\u2019 produced by Minton. Launched at the Great Exhibition of 1851, to great acclaim, wares \u2018coloured in the Majolica style\u2019 took inspiration from Italian maiolica, tin-glazed earthenware with finely painted decoration. Some Minton designers, such as Kirkby, favoured close imitation of Italian designs (as here),    though 19th-century \u2018Majolica ware\u2019 more often favours sculptural forms and brightly coloured lead glazes."},{"value":"Minton, founded in 1793 by Thomas Minton (1765-1836) , originally produced blue printed earthenware and, later, creamware, bone china and other products, particularly tableware. Taking over in 1836, his son Herbert Minton revolutionised production methods and introduced new lines in encaustic and printed tiles, figures and ornamental wares. In 1858 the business passed to Herbert\u2019s nephew, Colin Minton Campbell (1827-85), who continued the expansion. The early business traded under various names, from 1845 it was known as Minton & Co. and from 1873 as Mintons Ltd."},{"value":"Thomas Kirkby (1824-1901) joined Minton as an apprentice in 1837, rising to Art Curator before his retirement in 1887. He specialised in painting classical figure subjects in the style of Italian maiolica. There is another Minton tazza of this design in the V & A Museum, inscribed 'Apotheosis of the Amours of Jupiter from Julia [sic] Romano', however recent scholarship suggests the image is in fact taken from a drawing  by Pirro Ligorio (c.1513-1583) , though perhaps based on an original work by Giulio Romano (1489-1546). The V & A tazza, inscribed 'T Kirkby pinx Minton & Co\u2019, was exhibited at the 1862 London International Exhibition. The presence of a second artist\u2019s signature on this example suggests that Kirby used an assistant in painting this tazza, maybe to order after the exhibition."}],"periods":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-15214","uid":"adlib-term-15214","uuid":"744af2c4-a2f2-37ad-bbf4-2cd00e91ed9b"},"summary_title":"Victorian"}],"places":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-116524","uid":"adlib-term-116524","uuid":"2532ce61-8150-3256-b951-d5175a8faa11"},"hierarchies":[[{"@link":{"type":"literal"},"name":[{"value":"England"}],"summary_title":"England","type":"country"}]],"summary_title":"Stoke"}]}]},"materials":[{"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-42861","uid":"adlib-term-42861","uuid":"5b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956c"},"summary_title":"earthenware"}}],"measurements":{"dimensions":[{"dimension":"Diameter","units":"cm","value":"34.5"},{"dimension":"Height","units":"cm","value":"6"}]},"multimedia":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"media-43856","uid":"adlib-media-43856","uuid":"533cfd77-6fd4-3a02-b3eb-c0246c510e2e"},"processed":{"large":{"format":"jpeg","location":"aa\/aa3\/C_41_1972_281_29.jpg","location_is_relative":true,"measurements":{"dimensions":[{"dimension":"height","units":"pixels","value":740},{"dimension":"width","units":"pixels","value":570}]},"modified":1742583253595,"resizable":true,"type":"image"},"mid":{"format":"jpeg","location":"aa\/aa3\/mid_C_41_1972_281_29.jpg","location_is_relative":true,"measurements":{"dimensions":[{"dimension":"height","units":"pixels","value":649},{"dimension":"width","units":"pixels","value":500}]},"modified":1742583253595,"resizable":true,"type":"image"},"original":{"format":"jpeg","location":"aa\/aa3\/C_41_1972_281_29.jpg","location_is_relative":true,"measurements":{"dimensions":[{"dimension":"height","units":"pixels","value":740},{"dimension":"width","units":"pixels","value":570}]},"modified":1742583253595,"resizable":true,"type":"image"},"preview":{"format":"jpeg","location":"aa\/aa3\/preview_C_41_1972_281_29.jpg","location_is_relative":true,"measurements":{"dimensions":[{"dimension":"height","units":"pixels","value":325},{"dimension":"width","units":"pixels","value":250}]},"modified":1742583253595,"resizable":true,"type":"image"}},"sort":"0","type":{"base":"media","type":"image"}}],"name":[{"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-91154","uid":"adlib-term-91154","uuid":"e8910136-0f36-3b86-960d-f7466393839d"},"summary_title":"tazza"}},{"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-90855","uid":"adlib-term-90855","uuid":"b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dac"},"summary_title":"dish"}}],"note":[{"type":"history note","value":"From the Charles & Lavinia Handley-Read Collection."}],"objects":[{"@link":{"cascade":true,"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"object-74920","uid":"adlib-object-74920","uuid":"a1038f68-ef6b-3650-b2c3-2ae0b59a7616"},"summary":{"reference":{"@link":{"impact":true,"type":"reference","workflow":true},"admin":{"id":"term-88137","uid":"adlib-term-88137","uuid":"eeab1777-4158-31f4-8f8a-0015cb1910f7"},"summary_title":"ewer"}},"summary_title":"ewer"},{"@link":{"cascade":true,"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"object-75036","uid":"adlib-object-75036","uuid":"4a8ee79b-3553-37ee-b325-693f7128447a"},"summary":{"reference":{"@link":{"impact":true,"type":"reference","workflow":true},"admin":{"id":"term-89480","uid":"adlib-term-89480","uuid":"f1ea518e-351c-3f42-b2a7-db0f8559fa2c"},"summary_title":"vase"}},"summary_title":"vase"},{"@link":{"cascade":true,"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"object-75074","uid":"adlib-object-75074","uuid":"0ab6e574-5d63-3b95-9483-a1466ae80dac"},"summary":{"reference":{"@link":{"impact":true,"type":"reference","workflow":true},"admin":{"id":"term-88137","uid":"adlib-term-88137","uuid":"eeab1777-4158-31f4-8f8a-0015cb1910f7"},"summary_title":"ewer"}},"summary_title":"ewer"},{"@link":{"cascade":true,"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"object-75411","uid":"adlib-object-75411","uuid":"b1ef0c69-cf68-3131-a98f-ea557d4e00e5"},"summary":{"reference":{"@link":{"impact":true,"type":"reference","workflow":true},"admin":{"id":"term-117138","uid":"adlib-term-117138","uuid":"e2a9f298-5d84-3e66-84d5-5fd4649077be"},"summary_title":"bread plate"}},"summary_title":"bread plate"},{"@link":{"cascade":true,"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"object-15302","uid":"adlib-object-15302","uuid":"df15d696-5363-3c1f-9a01-34bbf626c29b"},"summary":{"reference":{"@link":{"impact":true,"type":"reference","workflow":true},"admin":{"id":"term-30982","uid":"adlib-term-30982","uuid":"952a2227-ce0e-31a3-a0d9-40085991be5b"},"summary_title":"tile"}},"summary_title":"tile"}],"owners":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-149638","uid":"adlib-agent-149638","uuid":"7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8"},"summary_title":"The Fitzwilliam Museum"}],"publications":[{"@link":{"notes":"Publ, with illustration and description, No.C.20.","page":"49","type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"publication-1048","uid":"adlib-publication-1048","uuid":"3731e4a6-d392-3c17-9cbb-1cb7a099cfbb"},"summary_title":"Victorian and Edwardian Decorative Art , The Handley-Read Collection"},{"@link":{"notes":"Cf. p.63 another example of same design in V & A.","page":"63-66","type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"publication-200002952","uid":"adlib-publication-200002952","uuid":"e40b8a7b-949e-3f21-bae1-c712da832fb1"},"summary_title":"Thomas Kirkby: Victorian Ceramic Artist"},{"@link":{"notes":"Ref. Thomas Kirkby and factory and date marks.","page":"12, 17-18.","type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"publication-2727","uid":"adlib-publication-2727","uuid":"02232f50-fd3b-3b8a-9687-1a8ff3f7c0d1"},"summary_title":"Minton 1798-1910"},{"@link":{"notes":"Ref. Thomas Kirby\u2019s contribution to Minton and examples of his work.","page":"134-136","type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"publication-3003","uid":"adlib-publication-3003","uuid":"642094f9-3e39-3eeb-90ea-42311670123e"},"summary_title":"Minton: The First Two Hundred Years of Design & Production"},{"@link":{"notes":"Cf. a near identical example in the V & A.","page":"147","type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"publication-1508","uid":"adlib-publication-1508","uuid":"e85553c5-9ccd-38e9-be31-91db994e0a76"},"summary_title":"Victorian Pottery"},{"@link":{"notes":"Ref. for Thomas Kirkby and examples of his work; p.367 for Minton bibliography.","page":"279","type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"publication-7697","uid":"adlib-publication-7697","uuid":"78ab2e7d-b46a-3610-9abd-ab9839494cf3"},"summary_title":"Dictionary of Minton"},{"@link":{"notes":"Poole, Julia E., Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks: English Pottery, p.110, Cf. Minton majolica ware ewer & basin (ill.) and information about Minton majolica.","page":"24","type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"publication-7698","uid":"adlib-publication-7698","uuid":"47b18eed-f183-34ab-a010-3ed1821bbf58"},"summary_title":"Minton \u2018Majolica\u2019: an historical survey and exhibition catalogue"},{"@link":{"notes":"Cf. Minton majolica ware ewer & basin (ill.) and information about Minton majolica.","page":"110","type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"publication-1030","uid":"adlib-publication-1030","uuid":"9cf77d50-a614-3947-8d0e-919f695fe7b0"},"summary_title":"Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, English Pottery"}],"school_or_style":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-10679","uid":"adlib-term-10679","uuid":"30c89029-7ace-3d30-9487-1e243ab1b791"},"summary_title":"Renaissance Revival"}],"subjects":[{"@link":{"relation":"animal","type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-106796","uid":"adlib-term-106796","uuid":"fef6b92a-dc59-38ad-83bc-7ff2a745cfac"},"summary_title":"swan"},{"@link":{"relation":"animal","type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-105242","uid":"adlib-term-105242","uuid":"e261ff51-0cb4-3a3e-b179-ac1531405c2e"},"summary_title":"bull (animal)"},{"@link":{"relation":"object name","type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-32906","uid":"adlib-term-32906","uuid":"fb13a9e9-c5c9-30f0-badd-b579f0918b34"},"summary_title":"egg"},{"@link":{"type":"literal"},"name":[{"value":"swan"}],"summary_title":"swan"},{"@link":{"type":"literal"},"name":[{"value":"bull (animal)"}],"summary_title":"bull (animal)"},{"@link":{"type":"literal"},"name":[{"value":"egg"}],"summary_title":"egg"}],"summary":{"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-91154","uid":"adlib-term-91154","uuid":"e8910136-0f36-3b86-960d-f7466393839d"},"summary_title":"tazza"}},"summary_title":"tazza","techniques":[{"description":[{"value":"Pale cream earthenware, painted in shades of brown under clear glaze."}],"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-111179","uid":"adlib-term-111179","uuid":"be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68"},"summary_title":"moulding"}}],"title":[{"value":"\u2018Apotheosis of Jupiter\u2019 tazza"}],"type":{"base":"object","type":"OBJECT"}}