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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in polychrome under a clear glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown with elements hand made or carved. Finely potted, painted in red, blue, purple, yellow, black and green under a clear, crazed glaze
Shape: cylindrical with slight waisting, with a plain rim and sitting on a flat base. A tubular handle is applied to the body. The cover is circular and stepped with a pointed egg-shaped central handle; the interior has a stepped lip.
Tankard: around the rim panels, divided by yellow and purple vertical lines, containing alternately black diagonal crosses interspersed with dots, or mounds with sprouting flowers. On the body polychrome vertical friezes of stylised floral sprays separated by yellow vertical lines from winged stylised angels’ heads. On the handle, a vertical line of semi-circles in alternating colours. The underside is glazed, with three spur marks clearly visible resulting from use of a tripod stacking device in the kiln. Vessel displays signs of defection in manufacture namely a hole in the handle and a dent in the lower body.
Cover: two concentric friezes of polychrome stylised floral sprays, the lower incorporating ‘saz’ leaves. Decoration differs from that on the tankard, which may suggest that the cover belonged originally to a different vessel. Glaze covers underside except for the lip.
History note: Raymond Ades; Mrs Raymond Ades
Bequeathed by Mrs Raymond Ades
Weight: 425 g
Width: 14.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2009) by Ades, Raymond, Mrs
18th Century
Circa
1700
CE
-
Circa
1799
CE
Rim
Diameter 10.1 cm
Diameter 10.2 cm
Base
Diameter 10.4 cm
Tankard
Height 12.2 cm
Cover
Height 6.1 cm
Body And Cover
Handles
clear, crazed
Glaze
red, blue, purple, yellow, black and green
Pigment
Fritware
Inscription present: painted under the glaze
Inscription present: rectangular label with red linear printed border adhered to the underside of the tankard
Inscription present: circular paper label adhered to the underside of the tankard
Inscription present: rectangular paper label adhered to the underside of the tankard
Inscription present: hand painted under the glaze
Inscription present: rectangular paper label adhered to the underside of the cover
Inscription present: rectangular paper label adhered to the underside of cover
Accession number: C.18 & A-2009
Primary reference Number: 71026
Old object number: AL.100 & A-1948
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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