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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in blue and black under a clear glaze
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in blue (which has run into surrounding areas) with black outlining, under a clear, slightly crazed glaze
Shape: hemispherical bowl sitting on a small, narrow foot ring
Exterior: flying birds in a landscape containing hillocks from which sprout leafed stems, adorned with occasional flowers, and tendril like cactus leaves. One bird, identical to that on the interior, is standing on a hillock. A pair of black concentric lines marks the upper and lower edges of this decoration. Glaze covers the body, pooling slightly on the exterior foot ring and covering the underside. The rim and edge of the foot ring appear unglazed.
Interior: on the rim a frieze of scrolling curls painted in reserve against a blue background, enclosed within two concentric lines. On the base a standing bird is depicted within a rocky landscape contained within two linear roundels.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 6.7 cm
Weight: 187 g
Width: 13.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
17th Century, Mid#
Production date:
circa
AD 1650
Rim
Diameter 13.8 cm
Base
Diameter 5.7 cm
black, blue (runs into surrounding area)
Pigment
clear, pools slightly on the exterior foot ring and covering the underside, edge of rim and foot ring uncovered
Glaze
Fritware
Throwing
: Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in blue (which has run into surrounding areas) with black outlining, under a clear, slightly crazed glaze
Painting underglaze
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: cross-hatch painter's mark painted under the glaze
Inscription present: semi-oval paper label
Accession number: C.494-1991
Primary reference Number: 75293
Packing number: ISCER 985
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/75293 Accessed: 2024-12-23 04:44:05
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75293
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-23 04:44:05|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-75293
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