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Cup: C.22-2009

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

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Description

Fritware painted in six colours under a clear glaze

Fritware wheel made and finely potted painted in blue, yellow, red, green, purple and black under a clear, slightly crazed glaze.
Shape: hemispherical bowl on a foot ring
Interior: around the rim a frieze alternating between panels of black cross-hatch design and black semi-circles with red dots and green leaves. In the roundel a flower is painted in red and green.
Exterior: on the body lobbed medallions containing stylised floral or vegetal designs are reserved against a blue ground covered with a black dotted fish scale pattern. Glaze covers the exterior surface except for a small patch on the foot ring.

Notes

History note: Raymond Ades; Mrs Raymond Ades

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Mrs Raymond Ades

Measurements and weight

Height: 4.7 cm
Weight: 50 g
Width: 7.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2009) by Ades, Raymond, Mrs

Dating

18th Century, second half
Circa 1750 - Circa 1799

School or Style

Ottoman

Components of the work

Exterior composed of pigment ( blue, yellow, red, green, purple and black)
Interior composed of pigment ( blue, yellow, red, green, purple and black)
Base Diameter 3.8 cm
Rim Diameter 7.4 cm

Materials used in production

clear, covers the entire surface except for a small patch on the foot ring Glaze
Fritware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Fritware wheel made and finely potted painted in blue, yellow, red, green, purple and black under a clear glaze
Glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular paper label adhered to the underside of the foot ring

  • Text: Lent by R.Ades, 1948, No. 107
  • Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
  • Method of creation: Hand written in black
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: rectangular paper label adhered to the underside of the foot ring

  • Text: 18 M
  • Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
  • Method of creation: Hand written in black
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.22-2009
Primary reference Number: 71033
Old object number: AL.107-1948

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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