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Pottery: Unknown
Tin-glazed earthenware basin painted in brownish-gold lustre
Earthenware tin-glazed pale creamy-white overall, and painted in brownish-gold lustre. Circular with a wide sloping rim, curved sides, and shallow convex boss. Two suspension holes have been pierced through the edge of the rim. The glaze on the reverse is uneven and has 'crawled'. In the well there is a circle divided into twelve segments decorated alternately with a stylized plant,and wavy stripes and scalloped lines. On the rim between narrow concentric bands there is a series of leaves curving towards the right. The reverse is decorated with a lozenge shape formed by a V with an inverted V over it, surrounded by concentric circles: one wide, three narrow, one wide, four narrow, one wide, and five narrow.
History note: Unknown before H.S. Reitlinger (d. 1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Diameter: 36.1 cm
Height: 5.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century, Late
1575
-
1600
Decoration composed of reduced-pigment lustre
creamy-white
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Inscription present: circular white paper label with serrated edge
Accession number: C.296-1991
Primary reference Number: 74246
Packing number: EURCER 136
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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