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Maker: Unknown (Probably)
Maiolica hand warmer in the shape of a book, painted in green, yellow and brown.
Covered overall with speckled pale beige tin glaze. Painted in green, yellow, and manganese-brown.
Moulded in the shape of a book with a circular hole near the top of the spine.
The sides are dabbed in all three colours to resemble mottled calf binding. The fore-edge is yellow with manganese-brown lines to represent the pages. The spine is decorated with five groups of horizontal manganese-brown and yellow lines, and is dated `1857' in manganese below the second group from the top.
History note: Taormina, where purchased in April 1904 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 4.3 cm
Height: 16.0 cm
Width: 12.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1857
: dated
Perhaps made by the Bortolo factory in Caltagirone
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( in green, yellow, and manganese-brown)
Exterior
composed of
tin-glaze
Moulding
: Covered overall with speckled pale beige tin glaze. Painted in green, yellow, and manganese-brown. Moulded.
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.2262-1928
Primary reference Number: 80822
Old object number: 2021
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Hand warmer" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/80822 Accessed: 2024-12-18 08:55:48
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