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Production:
Fauquez factory
Director:
Fauzuez, François-Joseph
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with a flowering tree and floral sprays
Greyish-buff earthenware. thrown, with applied handle, tin-glazed pale blue, and painted in dark blue. The jug has a pear-shaped body rising at the front into a broad lip, a tall handle rising above the rim and curving inwards to join the top of the neck, and a circular spreading foot. On the front there is a flowering tree and other plants in Chinese style, and on each side a floral spray and a small sprig. Above round the neck there are three small sprigs. The sides of the handle are decorated with alternating strokes and groups of four or three dots, and on its back there is a central flower with short horizontal lines of graduating size above and below, also a broad stroke of blue on the top.
History note: Professor Sir James Dewar (1842-1923); his sale, Puttick & Simpson’s, at his house, 1 Scroope Terrace, Cambridge, 26–27 May 1924, day 1, part of lot 105 with three other items; bought for £4 by Stanley Wolstan on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 24.2 cm
Length: 16.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
Circa
1760
-
1770
Decoration
composed of
high temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Surface
composed of
tin-glaze
( pale blue)
Foot
Diameter 9.8 cm
Body
Handle
pale greyish buff Earthenware
Inscription present: Rectangular white paper stick on label with cut corners, lower part missing
Accession number: C.2286-1928
Primary reference Number: 76698
Old object number: 4413
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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