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Pottery: Unknown
Cream earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed and painted in two shades of blue. The fragment is convex on the exterior and probably came from a jar or jug. It is decorated with three horizontal lines with foliage outlined in darker blue on either side of them
History note: Found in central London (outside the City boundary) by G.F. Lawrence of Wandsworth (and the London Museum), and given by him to Bernard Rackham (1876-1964).
Bequeathed by Bernard Rackham
Length: 7.4 cm
Width: 6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1964-03-12) by Rackham, Bernard
Bernard Rackham identified this fragment as Dutch about 1600
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
pale buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Throwing
: Pale buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed, and painted in two shades of blue
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.4.17-1964
Primary reference Number: 74810
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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