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Bottle: C.140-1935

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Current Location: Gallery 33

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Potter: Unknown

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Description

Fritware painted in lustre over a glaze coloured with blue, metal lid and collar

Fritware, moulded, painted in lustre on a white glaze coloured with blue topped with a copper alloy lid
Shape: pear-shaped bottle on a low foot ring with an elongated cylindrical neck and lid that joined by a chain (now broken).
Exterior: on the neck floral sprays above a frieze of triangles. On the body peacocks are painted within a landscape of cypress trees and floral spays, a rectangle with attached curving lines may represent a stylised river. A concentric band is painted on the foot; the underside of the base is covered with glaze which is white, unlike the blue colouration on the body. Scar marks on the base indicate the use of a tripod stacking device in the kiln.

Notes

History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased

Legal notes

Purchased with the Glaisher Fund

Measurements and weight

Height: 25.5 cm
Weight: 674 g
Width: 13.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank

Dating

17th Century
Circa 1600 - 1699

School or Style

Safavid (1501-1738)

Components of the work

Exterior composed of oxide colours ( lustre)
Collar And Lid composed of copper alloy
Rim Diameter 2.6 cm
Base Diameter 8.3 cm

Materials used in production

coloured with blue or white Glaze
Fritware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Fritware, moulded, painted in lustre on a white glaze coloured with blue topped with a copper alloy lid
Glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: Rectangular paper label with serrated edge around all but left hand edge

  • Text: 'Lent By' (printed); 'Brangwyn' (typed), '153' hand written in black, '123' hand written in pencil (encircled in the top left hand corner) and ‘115’ (crossed through on the right hand side).
  • Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
  • Method of creation: Printed, typed, hand written
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: painted directly onto vessel surface

  • Text: 153
  • Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
  • Method of creation: Hand written in black
  • Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.140-1935
Primary reference Number: 71933
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.153

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

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

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