Basin
On display
The design of this ewer and basin was inspired by the history and fabric of the Museum. Their form echoes Medieval and Renaissance examples in the collection and the rich decorative scheme is commanded by griffins derived from the friezes of the Cockerell building as they parade amongst fruit and foliage taken from a series of watercolours known as 'Tradescant's Orchard'. The enamelled plaques are also from 'Tradescant's Orchard'. (The series, now in the Bodleian, was painted after John Tradescant's trip to France in 1611.) Around the central roundel, there is a band of ASH leaves, with the snout and paws of a MOLE poking out.
Information derived from T. Schroder, British and Continental Gold and Silver in the Ashmolean (2009)
Details
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Title
Basin
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Associated place
London (place of creation) -
Date
2008 -
Material and technique
silver, parcel gilt, enamel
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Object type
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Dimensions
49.5 cm (diameter) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Made for the Museum, by Michael Gettleson on behalf of the Whiteley family in celebration of the centenary of the unification of the Ashmolean Museum and the University Galleries to create the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology in November, 1908, 2008.
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Museum location
Third floor | Gallery 63 | Sickert and his Contemporaries -
Museum department
Western Art
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Accession no.
WA2008.91.2
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