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Fritware with white glaze painted in lustre
Buff fritware, star shaped tile, mould made, covered with a white crazed and slightly pitted glaze painted in yellow-brown lustre
Decorated surface: painted in reserve against a lustred background a bird (possibly an eagle) is depicted in profile with spots of lustre on its’ body and scrolling leaves in the background. On the edge of the tile, an area left undecorated in lustre forms a white contour, that echoes its' star shape. Glaze and lustre runs over the tile edges.
Reverse surface: accidental spots of glaze and lustre, but otherwise undecorated.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 1.7 cm
Length: 13.1 cm
Weight: 271 g
Width: 11.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
12th Century, Late-13th Century, Early#
Circa
1175
CE
-
1225
CE
Decorated Surface composed of oxide colours ( lustre) glaze ( white)
moulded Fritware
Moulding : Buff fritware, star shaped tile, mould made, covered with a white crazed and slightly pitted glaze painted in yellow-brown lustre
Accession number: C.440-1991
Primary reference Number: 75100
Packing number: ISCER 635
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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