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Potter: Unknown
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.
History note: Raymond Ades; Mrs Raymond Ades
Bequeathed by Mrs Raymond Ades
Height: 4.7 cm
Weight: 50 g
Width: 7.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2009) by Ades, Raymond, Mrs
18th Century, second half
Circa
1750
-
Circa
1799
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
clear, covers the entire surface except for a small patch on the foot ring
Glaze
Fritware
Throwing
: Fritware wheel made and finely potted painted in blue, yellow, red, green, purple and black under a clear glaze
Glazing
Inscription present: rectangular paper label adhered to the underside of the foot ring
Inscription present: rectangular paper label adhered to the underside of the foot ring
Accession number: C.22-2009
Primary reference Number: 71033
Old object number: AL.107-1948
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 (2025) "Cup" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71033 Accessed: 2025-05-01 11:22:37
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University of Cambridge}}
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