2004.107: Jardinière

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2004.107

People

Cantagalli, Italian (19th-20th c.)

Title

Jardinière

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

c. 1895

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/4678

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Tin-glazed earthenware

Dimensions

19.6 x 42.1 x 26 cm (7 11/16 x 16 9/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• manufacturer's mark: underside of bowl, underglaze blue, painted: [rooster mark] 27
• label: underside of bowl, paper, printed: William Berrien / Harvard University / Cambridge 38, Massachusetts

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

William Berrien, Cambridge, MA.
Harvard University Media Production Center, Cambridge, MA, Gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2004.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Harvard University Media Production Center

Accession Year

2004

Object Number

2004.107

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Descriptions

Description

Thinly potted, oval maiolica jardinière decorated in underglaze colours (gold, blue, green and black) with "raphaelesque" grotesques including birds, garlands and herm figures; medallions on each side with mythological standing figures. Resting on four molded feet in the form of serpent heads. Two molded, looped handles in the form of two entwined serpents. Marked underneath in underglaze blue.

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