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Earthenware painted in black under a turquoise glaze spotted with blue
Calcareous earthenware, mould made, painted in black under a transparent turquoise, slightly pitted glaze with spots of blue on the surface
Shape: hexagonal tile with straight sides
Upper surface: a black radiating geometric design of lozenges focusing on a six pointed star. The star and alternate lozenges contain a central dot, which is blue rather than black in two instances
Underside: undecorated
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
Depth: 1.6 cm
Diameter: 16 cm
Weight: 411 g
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century-15th Century#
Circa
1300
CE
-
Circa
1499
CE
Upper Surface composed of pigment ( black, under the glaze) pigment ( blue spotted on glaze, possibly from another object in the kiln) glaze ( turquoise)
Moulding : Calcareous earthenware, mould made, painted in black under a transparent turquoise, slightly pitted glaze with spots of blue on the surface
Inscription present: written directly onto the surface
Accession number: C.420-1991
Primary reference Number: 17519
Packing number: ISCER 548
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Tile" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/17519 Accessed: 2024-11-04 18:16:58
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