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Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in white slip painted in four colours under a clear glaze
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white slip and painted in red, blue, green and black under a clear glaze. .
Shape: irregular fragment comprising a plain rim on a hemispherical body
Exterior: just below the rim a black chevron pattern is highlighted with blue and red. On the body lotus arcades are coloured alternately blue or red and contain a tulip and rosette both white with green leaves and red or green centres. Above the arcading green spandrels contain a half rosette with red dotted centre.
Interior: undecorated except for a black concentric line just below the rim. The glaze covers the interior.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 9.3 cm
Weight: 98 g
Width: 15 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century, Late
Circa
1560
CE
-
1590
CE
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black)
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( red, blue, green and black)
Rim
Diameter 8 cm
clear
Glaze
white
Slip
Fritware
Throwing
: Fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white slip and painted in red, blue, green and black under a clear glaze
Glazing (coating)
Slip-coating
Accession number: C.574-1991
Primary reference Number: 75558
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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