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Dish: EC.34-1945

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Hannong, Joseph Adam

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in polychrome enamels with a Chinoiserie scene, and floral sprays

Pale buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed and painted in pale blue, blue, pale and dark green, yellow, dark puce, and dark brown enamels. The oval, silver-shaped dish has a with a wavy edge, a deep sloping rim with eight panels. and a deep well with curved sides and flat base. On the underside there are three spur marks. The well is painted with a vignette of a man fishing in a landscape with a four rocks and plants beside a stream. He is wearing pale blue breeches, and a puce hat, jacket and boots, and holds net on a pole over the stream. The panels on the right and left ends of the sloping rim are painted with a single stylized flower on a twig with leaves, and the two on the long sides with two stylized flowers on twigs with leaves. The other four panels each have a much smaller leaf sprig. A dark brown line runs round the shaped edge.

Legal notes

Purchased with the Glaisher Fund

Measurements and weight

Height: 4.2 cm
Length: 30.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Strasbourg ⪼ Alsace ⪼ France

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1945-09-06)

Dating

18th Century, third quarter#
Circa 1765 CE - 1770 CE

Note

Many of the Chinoiserie figures on Strasbourg faïence were inspired by prints by Jean Pillement (1728-1808)

School or Style

Chinoiserie

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( pale blue, blue, pale and dark green, yellow, dark puce, and dark brown)

Materials used in production

pale buff Earthenware
thick white Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Pale buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed overall, and painted in pale blue, blue, pale and dark green, yellow, dark puce, and dark brown enamels
Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: IH/106
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Painted in blue
  • Type: Factory mark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: EC.34-1945
Primary reference Number: 76952
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 20 October 2023 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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