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Melon Tureen with stand attached
Factory: Klug-Hünerwadel Factory (Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in polychrome enamels; in the shape of a melon standing on an attached oval dish with a wavy edge
Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted overglaze in blue, green, yellow, pale and dark mauve, red, dark brown, and black enamels. There two peg marks on the back of the rim, and part of two more.The tureen and its cover are in the form of a melon with a short stalk at one end. The cover has a handle in the shape of a stem with two groups of three leaves at its thick end, and three at its tip. The lower part is attached to a deep oval dish with curved sides opening outwards to the a wavy rim, and standing on a footring. The melon and its handle is painted naturalistically in yellow and shades of green. The dish is decorated with seven stylized floral sprays, and an insect. A dark brown band runs round the wavy edge. On the base, 'C.B.' in blue.
History note: Bought at Lucerne in 1901 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 14.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late
Circa
1762
CE
-
1767
CE
The attribution of this tureen is uncertain. Dr Glaisher initially attributed it to Winterthur in his MS Catalogue, but in a later typed version, put 'Swiss or French faience'. Rackham (1935) attributed it to Lenzberg on the basis of the mark C.B. which also occurs on a plate attributed to Lenzburg in the Victoria and Albert Museum (C.133-1930). Ducret (1950) attributed pieces marked CB to the Klug-Hünerwadel factory operating 1762-67, which would be a more likely dating for a tureen of this type.
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( blue, green, yellow, pale and dark mauve, red, dark brown, and black)
Dish
Length 26.8 cm
Width 22.6 cm
Inscription present: the points are raised half-way up the letters
Accession number: C.2978 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 76818
Old object number: 1281
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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