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Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in a white slip painted in four colours under a clear glaze
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white slip and painted in red, green, blue and black under a clear glaze.
Shape: segmental bowl with slightly angled plain rim sitting on a low, wide foot ring
Interior: on the rim a ‘rock wave’ pattern comprises black and blue scrolls and green scallops. On the cavetto blue sprays with palmette leaves form a repeating frieze. Within the roundel, a quatre-foil 'rumi' motif comprising green palmettes, leaves highlighted in red and a central rosette with blue core, all reserved in blue and outlined in black.
Exterior: on the lip a blue bracketed line, while on the body a frieze of stylised floral sprays are painted in blue and green. Glaze covers the exterior surface with the exception of the rim of the foot ring.
Bequeathed by Mr T.H. Riches
Height: 6.4 cm
Weight: 842 g
Width: 28.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Riches, Thomas Henry
16th Century, Late
Circa
1575
CE
-
1599
CE
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( blue, green)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( red, blue, green and black)
Base
Diameter 13.6 cm
Rim
Diameter 28.8 cm
Exterior Body
clear, covers the surface with the exception of the rim of the foot ring
Glaze
white
Slip
Fritware
Throwing
: Fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white slip and painted in red, green, blue and black under a clear glaze
Glazing (coating)
Slip-coating
Inscription present: rectangular paper label
Accession number: C.32-1950
Primary reference Number: 74523
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) "Dish" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/74523 Accessed: 2024-11-15 09:43:42
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|title=Dish
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-15 09:43:42|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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