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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in polychrome under a colourless glaze
Fritware, mould made, painted in red slip, blue, black and turquoise under a colourless glaze
Shape: rectangular border tile with bevelled edges on the underside
Upper side: a turquoise border is painted on the upper and lower edges. A scrolling pattern of split palmettes, and ‘fleur de lys’ shaped palmettes, is reserved in red slip with black outlines and articulation in blue.
Under side: undecorated
Given by Mrs E.L. Calverley
Depth: 1.6 cm
Height: 9.5 cm
Length: 14.6 cm
Weight: 266 g
Method of acquisition: Given (1924-12) by Calverley, E.L., Mrs
16th Century, Late
Circa
1580
CE
-
Circa
1595
CE
Upper Surface composed of glaze ( colourless) pigment ( red slip, blue, black and turquoise)
buff-coloured Fritware
Moulding : Fritware, mould made, painted in red slip, blue and turquoise under a colourless glaze
Inscription present: Rectangular paper label
Accession number: C.42-1924
Primary reference Number: 17575
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/17575 Accessed: 2024-12-22 15:33:23
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|title=Tile
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 15:33:23|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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