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Potter: Unknown (Probably)
Fritware painted in blue and black under a clear glaze with turquoise glazed foot ring
Fritware, probably moulded, painted in blue and black under a clear crazed glaze with turquoise glaze on the foot ring.
Shape: bracketed flat rim on slightly concave body sitting on a very low, wide foot ring
Interior: a frieze of opposing groups of three black dotted semi-ovals is painted against a blue background filled with black horizontal lines, all enclosed by black concentric lines. In the roundel, an ovular floral spray with black stem and blue flowers and leaves outlined in black is painted in a sketchy style against the white background of the dish.
Exterior: on the lower body a frieze of black inter-locking ovals with blue upper sections sits on a black concentric line. A pair of black concentric lines is painted on the foot, these are lightly coloured with turquoise. The underside of the foot ring is coated with a turquoise glaze.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 5.2 cm
Weight: 669 g
Width: 26.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
15th Century-16th Century#
Circa
1400
CE
-
1599
CE
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
glaze
( clear, crazed)
Exterior Lower Body
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( clear)
Underside Foot Ring
composed of
glaze
( turquoise)
Base
Diameter 10 cm
Rim
Diameter 26.3 cm
Interior Body
Moulding : Fritware, probably moulded, painted in blue and black under a clear crazed glaze with turquoise glaze on the foot ring
Accession number: C.490-1991
Primary reference Number: 75274
Packing number: ISCER 978
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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