Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Production:
Unidentified Creussen Pottery
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Description
Brown stoneware with carved, applied moulded, and polychrome enamelled decoration, and the inscription HANS KELLNER 1630 in relief round the lower edge
Brown stoneware, thrown, with applied moulded and carved decoration, dark brown wash, and salt-glaze, painted after firing in blue, green, yellow, red, and white enamels. Cylindrical with sloping sides and a strap handle. The interior has a cup-shaped insertion to reduce the capacity of the tankard. A hole in the top of the handle, and a ledge below the rim indicate that it was provided with a hinged cover and thumbpiece. Around the middle of the body there is a wide band of carved narrow vertical diaper ornament painted in red, blue, yellow and green with a horizontal row of white spots above and below. Above and below those, is a horizontal band of red and yellow interlace enclosing blue diamond-shapes surrounded by white spots, and there are further band of spots below the rim and below the lower band of interlace. Round the base in relief is the name and date, 'HANS . KELLNER .1.6.3.0.' painted in white, and two brooch-like reliefs below the handle. A lion's mask and spray of foliage are applied to the back of the handle.
Notes
History note: Mr Phillips, Hitchin from whom purchased not later than1895 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 13 cm
Width: 16 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
17th Century, Mid
Production date:
dated
AD 1630
School or Style
Baroque
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( blue, green, yellow, red, and white)
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Base
Diameter 13.2 cm
Body
Materials used in production
brown
Stoneware
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.2071-1928
Primary reference Number: 76595
Old object number: 729
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Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 25 March 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 15 July 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
