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Crowned Mermaid (one of a pair)
Production: Unidentified Westerwald pottery
Greyish-buff stoneware moulded in the shape of a crowned mermaid, painted in blue and brownish-black, and salt-glazed
Greyish-buff stoneware, press-moulded, with applied moulded parts, painted in blue and brownish-black, and salt-glazed. There is a an oval aperture in the base under the body, with beside it, two small circular holes, one filled by a metal plug or nail. The crowned, long-haired mermaid reclines with her tail raised and twisted, and her face turned to the right to face the viewer. She has a small fin on the back of her tail, and larger fins on each side of her torso, from which her short arms project. Her hands rest on her rib cage below her breasts. Her hair is brownish-black, and her eyes, one nipple, and tail,except for the fins on its end, are blue. Her side fins are partly blue, and the contours of her crown are outlined in blue. A pair with C.2060A-1928.
History note: Adolf Weil, Maximilianplatz, Munich from whom bought for £4.15s on 5 August, 1909 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Length: 16.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, second half#
Circa
1750
-
1799
Decoration
composed of
manganese oxide
( probably)
smalt
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Head End
Height 9.5 cm
Press-moulding : Greyish-buff stoneware, press-moulded, with applied moulded parts, painted in blue (smalt) and brownish-black, and salt-glazed. There is a an oval aperture in the base under the body, with beside it, two small circular holes, one filled by a metal plug or nail
Accession number: C.2060B-1928
Primary reference Number: 76590
Old object number: 3057
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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