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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, pierced and painted in blue and black under a colourless glaze
Fritware, possibly wheel thrown, pierced and painted in black and blue under a colourless glaze.
Shape: hemispherical bowl with a plain rim on a low foot ring, a central dome protrudes on the interior base.
Interior: the rim is painted with groups of three black dashes. On the upper body, pierced diagonal lines and dashes form a frieze. On the lower body, spaced evenly around the domical centre, four black leafy sprays, of which alternate examples are highlighted in blue. On the central dome a black cross, highlighted in blue is interspersed with curved lines.
Exterior: undecorated except for the pierced decoration from the interior visible on the upper body. Glazed except for the rim of the foot ring.
Given by Charles Davis
Height: 6.8 cm
Weight: 349 g
Width: 19.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1909) by Davis, Charles
17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early#
Circa
1675
-
Circa
1722
Interior Lower Body
composed of
pigment
( blue, black)
Rim
Diameter 19.6 cm
Base
Diameter 7.6 cm
Upper Body
colourless, except for rim of foot ring
Glaze
Fritware
Throwing
: Fritware, possibly wheel thrown, pierced and painted in black and blue under a colourless glaze
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.6-1909
Primary reference Number: 75654
Old object number: 144b/1909
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75654 Accessed: 2024-11-05 10:29:52
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-05 10:29:52|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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