These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in blue and black under a clear glaze
Pinky buff fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a clear, crazed glaze
Shape: everted, flange lip with a bead rim on a hemispherical bowl sitting on a low foot ring
Interior: rim is painted black. On the lip and lower body, two identical friezes comprise roughly drawn black cartouches, enclosing lines and dots, each separated by pairs of blue vertical lines and enclosed by concentric black lines. This decoration delineates a broad frieze on the body comprising alternately orientated triangles, either black, containing dotted foliage against a hatched ground, or blue, subdivided and containing or surrounded by black and turquoise dots or lines. On the base a blue central rosette is outlined in black.
Exterior: rim is painted black, while on the body narrow ‘V’ shapes are painted in blue or black. Glaze runs over surface and unevenly on the foot ring.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 6.6 cm
Weight: 495 g
Width: 23.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century, Late-14th Century
Circa
1275
-
1399
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue, black)
glaze
( clear, crazed)
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( blue, black)
glaze
( runs over surface and unevenly on the foot ring)
Rim
Diameter 23.2 cm
Base
Diameter 8.3 cm
Throwing : Pinky buff fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a clear, crazed glaze
Accession number: C.457-1991
Primary reference Number: 75168
Packing number: ISCER 585
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75168 Accessed: 2024-12-23 08:37:30
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75168
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-23 08:37:30|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-75168
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_457_1991_281_29.jpg"
alt="Bowl"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
