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Potter: Unknown (Probably)
Fritware, coated in white slip painted in three colours under a clear glaze
Buff fritware coated in a white slip and painted in turquoise, blue and black under a clear glaze
Shape: round cut sherd incorporating a foot ring
Interior: on the base decoration is outlined in black, incorporating a blue roundel containing a six pointed star with turquoise scallops between the arms. Within the star a blue hexagon contains a rosette with a turquoise central dot. Around the roundel black wavey lines are interspersed with spots.
Exterior: on the lower body blue vertical lines radiate from a black concentric line.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 2 cm
Weight: 52 g
Width: 7.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century-17th Century#
Circa
1500
CE
-
1699
CE
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue, turquoise)
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
Base
Diameter 7 cm
clear, covers entire surface except rim of foot ring
Glaze
white
Slip
Fritware
Throwing
: Fritware coated in a white slip and painted in turquoise, blue and black under a clear glaze
Glazing (coating)
Slip-coating
Accession number: C.570-1991
Primary reference Number: 75546
Packing number: ISCER 533
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 fragment" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75546 Accessed: 2024-11-21 19:46:30
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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75546
|title=Bowl fragment
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-21 19:46:30|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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<div class="text-center"> <figure class="figure"> <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_570_1991_281_29.jpg" alt="Bowl fragment" class="img-fluid" /> <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl fragment</figcaption> </figure> </div>
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