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Fritware coated in a white slip painted in blue and black under a colourless glaze
Fritware, mould made, coated in a white slip painted in blue and black under a colourless glaze
Shape: octagonal body with a sharply angled mouth and rolled rim, A strap handle is applied to the body; the base is flat.
Exterior: on the body vertical panels of inter-locking split leaves are reserved in blue and outlined in black. On the handle a chevron pattern is painted in blue and outlined in black. Glaze covers the lowest section of the body unevenly leaving patches uncovered.
Interior: glazed but otherwise undecorated
Given by Sir Herbert Thompson
Height: 15.8 cm
Weight: 348 g
Width: 11.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1920) by Thompson, Henry Francis Herbert, Sir, Bart
17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early#
Circa
1690
-
Circa
1738
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( blue, black)
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( colourless, except base)
slip
( white, except base)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( colourless)
slip
( white)
Rim
Diameter 8.9 cm
Base
Diameter 9.5 cm
Moulding : Fritware, mould made, coated in a white slip painted in blue and black under a colourless glaze
Accession number: C.40-1920
Primary reference Number: 74927
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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