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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in polychrome under a colourless glaze
Fritware, mould made, painted in red slip, emerald green blue and black under a colourless glaze
Shape: square tile with a bevelled edge on the underside
Upper side: a red line forms a border around the edge of the tile and divides the surface into rectangular areas. Around the bottom and right hand edge two friezes are both filled with leaves with scalloped edges containing a prunus branch and lotus blossoms both painted in red and blue with black outlines, all reserved on a mottled green ground. The remaining left hand area contains a polychrome floral spray including arching blue and green saz leaves and prunus branches.
Lower side: undecorated
T.H. Riches Bequest, 1950
Depth: 2.6 cm
Height: 27.3 cm
Weight: 2017 g
Width: 26.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950-06-27) by Riches, Thomas Henry
16th Century, Late
Circa
1570
CE
-
Circa
1580
CE
Upper Surface composed of glaze ( colourless) pigment ( red slip, emerald green blue and black)
buff-coloured Fritware
Moulding : Fritware, mould made, painted in red slip, emerald green blue and black under a colourless glaze
Accession number: C.29-1950
Primary reference Number: 17592
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/17592 Accessed: 2024-12-22 15:49:31
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