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Production: Unidentified Nevers factory (Probably)
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.
History note: Rouen, Gouy et fils, 56, rue Beauvoisine, where bought for frcs.50 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late or 18th Century, Early
Louis XIV (1638-1715)
Circa
1680
-
1715
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.
Stand
Diameter 13.5 cm
Height 2.2 cm
Cover
Diameter 8.6 cm
Porringer
Height 7.6 cm
Width 12.7 cm
Decoration
buff
Earthenware
dark blue and white
Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.2341 & A & B-1928
Primary reference Number: 76723
Old object number: 1488
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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