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Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in a white slip painted in blue under a colourless glaze
Buff fritware, mould made, coated in a white slip painted in two shades of blue under a colourless glaze.
Shape: segmental bowl with an everted foliated rim, sits on a low foot ring
Interior: on the rim a rock and wave pattern, on the cavetto seven floral sprays (although one more may have existed on original but is now replaced with plaster). In the roundel, delineated by a concentric line, a scrolling floral spray and a leaf spray.
Exterior: on the body, floral buds and scrolling lines. Glaze covers the surface except for the rim of 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: 7.2 cm
Weight: 2427 g
Width: 43.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century
Circa
1500
CE
-
Circa
1599
CE
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue, 2 shades)
slip
( white, covers the entire surface except for the rim of the foot ring)
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( blue)
Base
Diameter 21.5 cm
Rim
Diameter 43.5 cm
colourless, covers the entire surface except for the rim of the foot ring
Glaze
Fritware
Moulding
: Fritware, mould made, coated in a white slip painted in two shades of blue under a colourless glaze
Glazing (coating)
Slip-coating
Inscription present: circular paper label with serrated edge
Accession number: C.479-1991
Primary reference Number: 75235
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) "Dish" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75235 Accessed: 2024-04-20 09:11:32
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