Current Location: Gallery 4
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Nutwood and bronze with three lead-lined bowls, the largest with a bronze frieze of classical gods and goddesses separated by signs of the zodiac and supported by four fluted columns rising from winged bronze sphinxes supported on an inward-curving quadripartite base on scroll feet.
Notes
History note: Wateringubury Place; Christie's, 31 May 1978, Wateringbury Place sale, Part I, p. 125, lot 261, illustrated p. 27; sold to William Redford, 9 Mount Street, London, W1, from whom purchased
Legal notes
Purchased with the Rylands Fund, contributions from the Friends of the Fitzwilliam and Mr William Redford, and grant-in-aid from the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Measurements and weight
Height: 119.4 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1979)
by
Redford, William
Dating
19th Century, Early#
Production date:
circa
AD 1820
Note
The bowl has a frieze of classical gods and goddesses separated by signs of the zodiac, possibly inspired by a design for tables à fleurs in plate 22 of Percier and Fontaine’s 'Receuil de décoration intérieurs' (Paris, 1812).
A jardinière of almost similar design, but with gilded bronze mounts, made by the École des Arts et Métiers de Chalons was shown at the Exposition des produits de l'industrie française of 1819. It won a gold medal and was acquired by Louis XVIII who gave it to the Duchess of Angoulême.
School or Style
Empire
Components of the work
Liners
composed of
lead
Mounts
composed of
bronze
Basin
Diameter 57.2 cm
Base
Diameter 74.3 cm
Materials used in production
Nutwood
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.14-1979
Primary reference Number: 95864
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 1 June 2020
Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
