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Jar: C.113-1927

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown (Probably)

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Description

Earthenware. The interior, base and the area immediately above it on the exterior are painted yellowish-brown; the rest is tin-glazed off-white. Painted in manganese and bluish-green.
Approximately Shape 6, but with sloping rim and uneven rounded base. Globular with short cylindrical neck.
On opposite sides of the jar, there are oblique strokes between groups of three vertical lines, creating two panels, each containing a zig-zag of three lines with trilobate bluish-green leaves in the spaces. Above and below are pairs of horizontal manganese bands, and, on the neck, a broad bluish-green wavy band and a narrow manganese band.

Notes

History note: Unknown.

Legal notes

F. Leverton Harris Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 15.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1926) by Harris, F. Leverton, The Right Hon.

Dating

14th Century
Medieval
Circa 1300 CE - 1400 CE

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( manganese and bluish-green)
Rim Diameter 10.4 cm
Base Diameter 11.2 cm
At Widest Point Width 16.3 cm
Body

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.113-1927
Primary reference Number: 48039

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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