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Potter: Unknown
Earthenware covered with a turquoise glaze
Earthenware, mould made, covered on the upper surface with a pitted and cracked turquoise glaze
Shape: eight pointed star tile with bevelled edges
Upper surface: covered with a turquoise glaze that runs over onto the edges
Underside: undecorated except for small patches of glaze, probably from another object in the kiln.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950; transfered from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 1.1 cm
Weight: 209 g
Width: 12.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century-14th Century
Circa
1200
CE
-
Circa
1399
CE
Upper Surface composed of glaze ( turquoise, pitted and cracked)
Moulding : Earthenware, mould made, covered on the upper surface with a pitted and cracked turquoise glaze
Inscription present: hand written directly onto the surface
Inscription present: circular paper label
Accession number: C.407-1991
Primary reference Number: 17518
Packing number: ISCER 983
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Tile" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/17518 Accessed: 2024-11-08 19:54:31
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-08 19:54:31|publisher=The
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