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Potter: Unknown
Earthenware coated in white glaze painted in lustre
Red earthenware, probably wheel thrown, with white glaze, which has a pinkish tinge owing to underlying clay colour, painted in brown lustre.
Shape: fragment of a flat base with slight concavity, part of a dish
Interior: in the centre a rabbit or hare painted in lustre, surrounded by concentric lustred lines, barely visible on the lower body just below the break.
Exterior: a lustre spiral which appears to emanate from the centre of the base. Surface is pitted due to impurities in the clay or glaze. A hole has been drilled through the body.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 1.5 cm
Weight: 99 g
Width: 11.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
15th Century, Late
Circa
1450
CE
-
1500
CE
Base Diameter 9.5 cm
lustre
Oxide colours
white but with a pinkish tinge from underlying fabric, pitted on exterior
Glaze
Earthenware
Throwing
: Red earthenware, probably wheel thrown, with white glaze, which has a pinkish tinge owing to underlying clay colour, painted in brown lustre
Painting overglaze
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: rectangular card tie on label with string attached is adhered to the underside of the base with blue sticky label
Accession number: C.503-1991
Primary reference Number: 75328
Packing number: ISCER 629
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 fragment" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75328 Accessed: 2024-12-23 05:50:00
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