IDENTIFIERS
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id:	80819
accession number:	C.2261 & A-1928

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Very pale cream earthenware, tin-glazed except for the base of the box and underside of the cover. Painted in blue, green, pale yellow, reddish-brown, yellowish-brown, and black.
Moulded in the shape of an oblong wicker hamper with a twisted handle at each end, a flat cover with two red mullet lying head to tail on top, and a handle in the shape of an eel resting on the two fish.
The hamper is pale yellow with a yellowish-brown rim and handles. The top of the cover is green. The fish are reddish-brown with black eyes; one has a little yellow on its side. The eel is mottled blue.
title:	dish

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Palermo, where purchased on 29 April 1904 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	J. W. L. Glaisher
creditline: Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/80819


SUBJECTS
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hamper
mullet
eel
hamper
mullet
eel



TECHNIQUES
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Very pale cream earthenware, tin-glazed except for the base of the box and underside of the cover. Painted in blue, green, pale yellow, reddish-brown, yellowish-brown, and black. Moulded.
moulding
TECHNIQUES
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tin-glazing

CATEGORIES
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category: tin-glazed earthenware
category: maiolica

DATING
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creation date:	1850 - 1900
creation date earliest:	1850
creation date latest:	1900
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 9.4

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 17.4

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 9.1



CITATIONS
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Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
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