Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Production:
Unidentified Rouen pottery
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Description
Tin-glazed earthenware dish with a cover in the form of a heap of crayfish, tin-glazed and painted in blue, dark yellowish-green, yellow, red, reddish-brown, and black
Buff earthenware, the dish moulded, with an applied central ring, and the cover thrown and covererd with moulded and modelled crayfish, tin-glazed and painted in blue, dark yellowish-green, yellow, red, reddish-brown, and black The glaze has 'crawled' inside the cover, also a little on the back of the rim of the dish. The eight-sided dish has a shaped rim, shallow curved sides, and an applied central cylindrical container for potted crayfish. This is surrounded by three pairs of sprays of stylized flowers and foliage. The high, domed cover fits over the central container. It is plain inside and on the outside is painted dark green at the bottom to resemble seaweed. The reddish-brown crayfish are arranged around it in tiers with their heads pointing downwards and it has one placed sideways across the top to serve as a knob.
Notes
History note: Lovett Collection; Puttick & Simpson, 6 March, 1903, Lovett Sale; Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue, dark yellowish-green, yellow, red, reddish-brown, and black)
Cover
Diameter 18.8 cm
Height 20.5 cm
Dish
Diameter 27 cm
Height 5.5 cm
Both Parts
Crayfish
Materials used in production
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Tin-glazing
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.2294-1928
Primary reference Number: 76702
Old object number: 1444
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Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Friday 1 August 2025
Last processed: Friday 1 August 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
