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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painte in blue under a clear glaze
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in blue under a clear glaze
Shape: bulbous pear-shaped body on a low foot ring with the later addition of a vase shaped copper alloy neck.
Exterior: painted with a honeycomb motif arranged in panels in which cells contain roughly drawn dandies painted in reserve arranged around a central solid blue cell. These panels are adorned above and below with irregular shapes containing respectively scrolls and leaves or a flower both painted also in reserve. Separating these panels, honeycomb cells and occasional irregular shapes contain zig zag lines adorned with dots. A blue concentric line is painted on the foot ring. The glaze covers the entire surface including the underside of the foot ring. The neck is copper alloy, engraved with a frieze of animals contained within rectangular panels that are separated and enclosed above and below by a rope cable. The rim and lower section of the copper alloy neck are further engraved with a diamond shape containing a dot.
Interior: not visible
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 24 cm
Weight: 990 g
Width: 15.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century
Circa
1500
-
1599
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( blue)
glaze
( clear, pearly, covers the entire surface including the underside of the foot ring)
Body
composed of
fritware
Rim And Neck
composed of
copper alloy
Rim
Diameter 6 cm
Base
Diameter 9.8 cm
Neck
Throwing : Fritware, painted in blue with outlining in dark blue under a clear glaze
Accession number: C.489-1991
Primary reference Number: 75269
Packing number: ISCER 536
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) "Bottle" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75269 Accessed: 2024-11-04 18:07:55
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