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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in blue and black under a turquoise glaze
Fritware, moulded and wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a transparent turquoise glaze.
Shape: bulbous, globular body with an embossed neck and cock head spout with a frilled rim. The handle, imitating bird feathers, is ribbed and adorned with protruding scrolls; it is attached to the spout and upper body.
Exterior: the surface is covered into four friezes that are divided by bands of epigraphy, reserved in black. Below a blue rim the upper surface is painted with a cock’s head surrounded by palmettes reserved in black, this accentuates the moulded decoration. On the neck further palmettes are reserved in black but here they are interspersed with tear drop cartouche containing trefoils painted in black and reserved in blue. Occupying most of the body, and reserved and outlined in black with splashes of blue, figures with moon faces are surrounded by dotted trefoils and scrolling vegetation. On the lower body a scrolling water weed pattern is painted in black. Glaze runs over the surface to a point just above the foot ring
Interior: coated in a turquoise glaze, at least to the neck.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 37.4 cm
Weight: 1264 g
Width: 22.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
13th Century
Circa
1200
CE
-
Circa
1299
CE
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
glaze
( turquoise, runs over the surface to a point just above the foot ring)
Interior Spout
composed of
glaze
( turquoise)
Rim
Diameter 8.3 cm
Base
Diameter 9.9 cm
Body
Spout
Inscription present: three concentric bands, which divide larger friezes
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Accession number: C.75-1935
Primary reference Number: 75975
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.124
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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