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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in polychrome under a colourless glaze
Fritware, probably mould made, painted in red slip, green, blue and black under a colourless glaze
Shape: cylindrical body with a plain rim sits on a low foot ring. A flat angular handle is fixed along the length of the body.
Exterior: below the rim and above the base matching friezes of black cable with red central dot are reserved in blue. On the body, curving saz leaves, painted in blue black and green, are surrounded by floral sprays of red carnations and blue tulips. On the handle black lines and blue leaves are painted. Glaze covers the surface except for the rim of the foot ring.
Interior: surface is glazed but otherwise undecorated.
History note: Bought from the dealer Alfred Spero for £55
Bought from the Glaisher Fund
Height: 20.2 cm
Weight: 584 g
Width: 15.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1950) by Spero, Alfred
16th Century, Late
Circa
1575
CE
-
Circa
1585
CE
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( red slip, green, blue and black)
Base
Diameter 10.9 cm
Rim
Diameter 11.4 cm
colourless, covers the surface except for the rim of the foot ring
Glaze
Fritware
Moulding
: Fritware, probably mould made, painted in red slip, green, blue and black under a colourless glaze
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.2-1950
Primary reference Number: 73201
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) "Tankard" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73201 Accessed: 2024-11-24 10:10:56
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University of Cambridge}}
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