Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Fritware coated in blue glaze and painted in red, buff and black and gilded
Reddish fritware, wheel thrown, coated in blue glaze painted in red, buff and black and gilded in small sections.
Shape: pear-shaped bottle with narrow, neck and sitting on a low foot ring
Exterior: rim is painted red, below a frieze of buff horseshoe arches. On the neck, feather like leaves outlined in red and gilded are interspersed with buff or red scrolling foliage. On the shoulder, below a black band, a frieze of trefoils and lozenges are also outlined in red with occasional gilding remaining. On the body, further feather shaped leaves alternate with medallions containing a central star and surrounded by lozenges, both outlined in red, gilded and surrounded by buff scrolling foliage. On the lower body a black band, contained within red concentric lines, is dotted in buff; below buff arched lines which radiate towards the base. Glaze runs unevenly over the lower body, in places reaching the foot ring.
Interior: blue glaze continues on the visible interior surface.
Notes
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Legal notes
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 28.2 cm
Weight: 939 g
Width: 17.3 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1935)
by
Brangwyn, Frank
Dating
13th Century, Late-14th Century
Circa
1260
-
1399
School or Style
Il-Khanid
Components of the work
Interior
composed of
glaze
( blue, on visible surface)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( blue, runs unevenly over the lower body in places reaching the foot ring)
gold leaf
( gilding embellishment)
pigment
( red, buff, black)
Rim
Diameter 2 cm
Base
Diameter 9.3 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Reddish fritware, wheel thrown, coated in blue glaze painted in red, buff and black and gilded in small sections
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular paper label
- Text: "LENT BY" (printed in black) /Brangwyn (typed in purple) /"No." (printed) "23" (hand written in black); "119 " (hand written in pencil)
- Location: Exterior base (underside foot ring)
- Method of creation: Printed, typed, hand written
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.127-1935
Primary reference Number: 71709
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BR.23
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Wednesday 24 April 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
