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Potter: Unknown (Possibly)
Fritware painted in dark blue under a turquoise glaze
Pale buff fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in dark blue under a dull and pitted turquoise glaze
Shape: dish with a flat rim, segmental bowl and a low foot ring with pierced hanging hole.
Interior: rim and lip are painted with a wide and a narrow concentric line. The body is decorated with scrolling foliage arising from a section of the lip. All decoration is painted in dark blue. Two spur marks in the base probably indicate the use of a stacking devise during firing.
Exterior: undecorated except for a turquoise glaze that runs over the unevenly lower body and in places onto the foot ring.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 5 cm
Weight: 461 g
Width: 20.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
Circa
1200
CE
-
1299
CE
Could be one of a number of 'styles' or made at a number of locations
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue)
glaze
( turquoise, dull and pitted)
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( turquoise, runs over the unevenly lower body and in places onto the foot ring)
Rim
Diameter 20.5 cm
Base
Diameter 6.8 cm
Throwing : Pale buff fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in dark blue under a dull and pitted turquoise glaze
Accession number: C.525-1991
Primary reference Number: 75421
Packing number: ISCER 993
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/75421 Accessed: 2024-12-18 13:03:14
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75421
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-18 13:03:14|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-75421
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<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/C_525_1991_281_29.jpg"
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<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
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