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Feeding cup: C.2895-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Bayreuth factory (Possibly)

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue and a little manganese-purple. . The feeding cup has a bulbous oval body standing on a circular foot which is concave underneath. The top is partly covered, and it has a curving spout attached to the body, and a loop handle (replacement). The top is decorated with a trellis of manganese lines with blue crosses at the intersections. Both sides are decorated with scrolling stylized foliage growing downwards from two horizontal lines round the top. The spout has horizontal lines on its top and underside.

Notes

History note: Bought at Zurich in 1903 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 8.5 cm
Length: 18.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Mid
Production date: circa AD 1740

Note

On purchase, Dr Glaisher believed that this feeding cup might be from Zurich, but Bernard Rackham catalogued it as Bayreuth in 1935 (see Documentation).

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( cobalt and manganese oxides)
Body

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2895-1928
Primary reference Number: 76771
Old object number: 1869

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 1 August 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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