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Description: | Artist: Unknown, potter; Date(s): 1630 - 1680; Classification(s): tin-glazed earthenware, cistern, tin-glazing, earthenware, tin-glazed on the exterior and lead-glazed brownish-yellow on the interior. Painted in blue with traces of blackish-brown enamel and a little gilding on the rosette surrounding the spigot.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr, 1928, Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest [C.2215-1928]
Description: Maiolica cistern, painted in blue, with bands of hares, lambs, unicorns, horses and foxes, mostly in pairs, amid flowering plants, bands with foliage and flowers on scrolling stems, with birds and animals in the spaces, and rib and neck decoration of leaves, fleur-de-lis, and fruiting vine branch. | 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: | tin-glazed earthenware Unknown cistern | Temporal: | name=17th Century; start=1630; end=1680 | 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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