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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in polychrome under a colourless glaze
Fritware, mould made, painted in red slip, emerald green, blue and black under a colourless glaze
Shape: segmental bowl with a foliated, angled flange rim, sits on a low, wide foot ring
Interior: enclosed between blue bracketed lines on the rim, a rock wave pattern is painted. A partial cloud band on the upper body hangs from the flange. On the body, emanating from a clasped leafy tuft, a floral spray of red carnations and blue tulips; the latter with scaled, emerald green buds.
Exterior: on the body, paired blue tulips and green and blue rosettes are painted.
History note: Alfred Spero, 12A Regent Street, London SW1, partly exchanged for a Deruta dish, Lot 8 in the Glowgowski sale
Bought with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 5.8 cm
Weight: 998 g
Width: 30.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1932-06-08)
16th Century, Late
Circa
1565
CE
-
Circa
1575
CE
Floral style
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( green and blue)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( red slip, emerald green, blue and black)
Base
Diameter 15.3 cm
Rim
Diameter 30.2 cm
colourless, covers the surface except for the rim of the foot ring
Glaze
Fritware
Moulding
: Fritware, mould made, painted in red slip, emerald green, blue and black under a colourless glaze
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.27-1932
Primary reference Number: 75149
Glaisher additions number: Gl.Add.45-1932
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Dish" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75149 Accessed: 2024-04-16 10:46:03
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