IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 76698 accession number: C.2286-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 8 April 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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. object type: tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with a flowering tree and floral sprays title: ewer NOTES ----- type: history note value: 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 LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: J. W. L. Glaisher creditline: Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76698 SUBJECTS ------------------- flowers flowers CATEGORIES ------ category: tin-glazed earthenware category: French faïence DATING ------ creation date: 1760 - 1770 creation date earliest: 1760 creation date latest: 1770 culture: 18th Century, Mid CREATORS -------- maker: Fauquez factory maker: Fauzuez, François-Joseph DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 24.2 dimension: Length units: cm value: 16.2 CITATIONS -------- Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge Faïences françaises XVIe-XVIIIe siècles --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2286_1928_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/mid_C_2286_1928_281_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2286_1928_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/preview_C_2286_1928_281_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2286_1928_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/mid_C_2286_1928_282_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2286_1928_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/preview_C_2286_1928_282_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2286_1928_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/mid_C_2286_1928_283_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2286_1928_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/preview_C_2286_1928_283_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2286_1928_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/mid_C_2286_1928_284_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2286_1928_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/preview_C_2286_1928_284_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels