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Fritware painted in blue under a transparent glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue under a transparent glaze
Shape: out-turned rim on a straight neck, descending via a carination onto a cylindrical body sitting on a low foot ring.
Exterior: neck is painted with blue dots above a pair of concentric lines. On the body a frieze of scrolling foliage and leaves is arranged in vertical panels, each separated by a solid line. The foot ring is painted with a single concentric line. Glaze covers the surface evenly including the underside, except on the rim of the foot ring. Interior: undecorated except for glaze.
History note: From the Joseph Dixon Collection, sold at Christie’s, 16th-17th March, 1911, lot 132
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 15.1 cm
Weight: 382 g
Width: 8.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1911-03-20) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
18th Century
Circa
1700
-
Circa
1799
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( blue)
glaze
( transparent, covers surface evenly except on rim of the foot ring)
Base
Diameter 6.9 cm
Rim
Diameter 7 cm
Throwing
: Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue under a transparent glaze
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: square paper label with serrated edges
Inscription present: rectangular card label hand
Accession number: C.40-1911
Primary reference Number: 74926
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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