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Porringer, stand and cover: C.2341 & A & B-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Nevers factory (Probably)

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Description

Earthenware porringer, cover, and stand, decorated with dark blue tin-glaze randomly splashed with white

Buff earthenware, thrown, with applied handles and knob, tin-glazed dark blue, except for the base of the bowl, and decorated with random white splashes on the visible surfaces; the interior of the bowl and cover, and the reverse of the stand are plain blue. The porringer has a disk base, a depressed globular body with a short neck, and two small rolled loop handles. The slightly domed cover (A) has a mushroom-shaped knob, and a flange on the underside which fits inside the neck of the porringer. The stand (B) is circular with shallow curved sides, and stands on a footring.

Notes

History note: Rouen, Gouy et fils, 56, rue Beauvoisine, where bought for frcs.50 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

17th Century, Late or 18th Century, Early
Louis XIV (1638-1715)
Circa 1680 - 1715

Note

Faïence with white splashed decoration is described in France as 'à la bougie', because it resembles splashes of wax from candles. It was used on tableware, vases, and pharmacy jars. The cover has a slightly different blue glaze from the bowl and stand, and is also a little loose, which suggests that it may originally have been with a different vessel.

Components of the work

Stand Diameter 13.5 cm Height 2.2 cm
Cover Diameter 8.6 cm
Porringer Height 7.6 cm Width 12.7 cm
Decoration

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
dark blue and white Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2341 & A & B-1928
Primary reference Number: 76723
Old object number: 1488

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 22 April 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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