Object of the month: Fired Up: Large dish with painted fish, Iran c. 1300
Selected by Luke Syson, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Fritware coated in white glaze painted in lustre and brown paint
12 cm (h) x 45.7 cm (w)
Bequeathed by Oscar C. Raphael in 1946.
Currently on public display in Gallery 33 of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Fired Up. As we emerge from this time of emergency, a global pandemic and the almost miraculously rapid production of vaccines, I’ve been pondering what other, more unexpected, more benign factors in our lives spurs scientific
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Inspired by Nature
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Encountering Beauty: Pigment
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Object of the Month: Table, c. 1781
My name is Mia Jackson and I am Curator of Decorative Arts at Waddesdon Manor. This small table was made in around 1781 for the personal use of Queen Marie-Antoinette of France by her favoured cabinetmaker Jean-Henri Riesener.
I am fickle on the subject of my favourite object in Waddesdon’s Collections, but this table’s minute perfection, its superlative craftsmanship and the romance of its provenance mean it is an object to which I often return, and that I always point out.
It is a small bu
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Through the Eyes of the Maker: Merete Rasmussen
Artist Merete Rasmussen discusses the perpetual draw of working with clay and the mindfulness of her practice. Merete Rasmussen is represented by Pangolin London.
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