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Potter: Unknown (Probably)
Porcelain painted in four colours under an opaque white glaze
Porcelain, probably moulded, painted in blue, green, black and red under an opaque white glaze.
Shape: pear shaped bottle with bulbous body and flaring neck, sits on a foot ring
Interior: three friezes on the neck, shoulder and body are separated by black scrolling lines. On the neck and body, red tiger stripes radiating from blue rosettes are separated by ‘cintimani’ of blue scrolls and green dots all outlined in black. Additionally, the frieze on the body incorporates blue and red spandrels on the uppermost section. On the shoulder lotus panel arcading is painted in red and black with blue and green spandrels. A pair of black concentric lines is painted on the foot ring. Glaze pools on the underside of the foot ring.
Exterior: undecorated except for glaze, this terminates on lower neck.
History note: Murray Marks (1840-1918) by whom given
Given by Murray Marks
Height: 30 cm
Weight: 1756 g
Width: 18.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1916-08-18) by Marks, Murray
19th Century
Circa
1800
-
1899
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( red, blue, green and black)
glaze
( white, opaque, covers the interior surface, pools on the underside of the foot ring)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( white, opaque, terminates on lower neck)
Base
Diameter 11 cm
Rim
Diameter 4.9 cm
Interior Neck
Moulding : Porcelain, probably moulded, painted in blue, green, black and red under an opaque white glaze
Accession number: C.14-1916
Primary reference Number: 71957
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 (2024) "Bottle" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71957 Accessed: 2024-04-19 23:51:09
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University of Cambridge}}
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