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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, mould made, coated in a white glaze painted in blue under the glaze and lustre over the glaze
Shape: eight pointed star-shaped tile with bevelled edges
Upper surface: following the contours of the tile edge, an inscription is painted in lustre and bordered with blue or lustre lines. Painted in lustre in the centre of the tile, a palmette tree with leaves filled with dots and dashes, grows from a mound above a fish head; the ground is filled with lustre dashes. Glaze covers the surface and runs over the edges in sections.
Lower surface: undecorated except for spots of glaze.
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Depth: 1.1 cm
Height: 15 cm
Weight: 280 g
Width: 14.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
13th Century, Late
Circa
1250
CE
-
Circa
1299
CE
Upper Surface composed of pigment ( blue) oxide colours ( lustre) glaze ( white)
buff Fritware
Moulding : Fritware, mould made, coated in a white glaze painted in blue under the glaze and lustre over the glaze
Accession number: MAR.C.111-1912
Primary reference Number: 17479
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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