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Description: | Artist: Unknown, pottery; Date(s): circa 1800 - 1900; Classification(s): porcelain, ewer, throwing, porcelain, thrown, with parts attached, painted in cobalt-blue, and glazed; Acquisition: given by Gompertz, G.St.G.M., Mr & Mrs, 1984, Gompertz Gift [C.444 & A-1984]
Description: Ewer and cover with chrysanthemum design. Porcelain, thrown, with parts attached, painted in cobalt-blue and glazed. This globular ewer has a curved upright spout, a handle of twisted strands across the top, and a deep angular footring. The flat lid has a knob in the shape of a seated animal (perhaps a cat). The ewer is painted in underglaze cobalt-blue with sprays of flowering chrysanthemum and a key-fret border at the rim, and the cover with chrysanthemum leaves. The glaze is of pale bluish-white colour, the body is thick, and the footring shows traces of sandy fire-clay supports. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | porcelain Unknown ewer | Temporal: | name=19th century; start=1800; end=1900 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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