Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in polychrome under a colourless glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue, black, green and red under a colourless glaze.
Shape: bulbous pear shaped jug, flaring slightly towards the rim and sitting on a foot ring base. A handle is connected to the rim and to the mid point of the body.
Exterior: on the body and neck two friezes of tulips are outlined in black and coloured with red, painted on a green or blue fish scale pattern. Defining these friezes are narrow concentric bans of a black guilloche pattern below the rim, black and red chevron and dotted half rosettes on the lower neck and black scrolling lines on the lower body. The handle is painted with black horizontal dashes, framed on the sides with a blue vertical line. Glaze covers the surface except for the rim of the foot ring.
Interior: undecorated except for glaze.
History note: From the collection of Alfred A. de Pass
Given by Alfred A. de Pass
Height: 24.2 cm
Weight: 841 g
Width: 16.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1933) by de Pass, Alfred A.
16th Century, Late
Circa
1575
-
Circa
1580
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( blue, black, green and red)
Rim
Diameter 8.5 cm
Base
Diameter 9.2 cm
colourless, covers the surface except for the rim of the foot ring
Glaze
Fritware
Throwing
: Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue, black, green and red under a colourless glaze
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: a rectangular white paper label with corners cut away
Inscription present: oval white paper label
Accession number: C.140-1933
Primary reference Number: 137706
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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