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Potter: Unknown
Earthenware, mould made, painted in turquoise, yellow, blue, green with a brown outline, under (or in) a white glaze
Shape: rectangular panel comprising fifty tiles in ten rows of five, enclosed in a light wood frame
Upper surface: sprouting from a central winged vase a floral spray, including saz leaves and rosettes in which two birds perch, dominates the surface. At the edges of the panel, two columns with capitals support a pointed archway whose spandrels enclosing scrolling floral sprays.
Lower surface: not visible due to wall hanging
History note: From a house in Tunis, where it was in a room with six such panels, and it was made up from tiles from more than one of them; sold by unknown vendor to Boccara père, Souk des Femmes, Tunis; sold by him for £13.0.0 in January 1906 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr. J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 151 cm
Width: 78 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1800
CE
-
1900
CE
Upper Surface
composed of
pigment
( under or in-glaze, turquoise, yellow, blue, green with a brown outline)
Decoration
composed of
glaze
( white)
Tile
Height 15 cm
Length 15 cm
Moulding : Earthenware, mould made, painted in turquoise, yellow, blue, green with a brown outline, under (or in) a white glaze
Accession number: C.2095-1928
Primary reference Number: 17561
Old object number: 2530
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Tile panel" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/17561 Accessed: 2024-11-22 00:43:06
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