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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in blue and black under a white glaze
Fritware, mould made, painted in blue and black under a white glaze
Shape: hexagonal tile with straight edges
Upper surface: framing the tile around the edge black scrolls, possibly a stylised rock wave pattern. In the centre of the tile a pattern of scrolling split leaf foliage is outlined in black and reserved in blue.
Underside: undecorated
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Depth: 1 cm
Diameter: 17.8 cm
Weight: 478 g
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1905-05-03) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
19th Century
Circa
1800
CE
-
Circa
1899
CE
No good parallel identified but possibly falls within the Uzbek blue and white tradition. Appears to be modern based on tile thickness
Upper Surface composed of pigment ( black, blue) glaze ( white)
Moulding : Fritware, mould made, painted in blue and black under a white glaze
Accession number: C.492-1991
Primary reference Number: 75289
Packing number: ISCER 625
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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