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(Potter)
Fritware coated in a white glaze painted in blue and lustre
Fritware, mould made, coated in white glaze painted under the glaze in blue and over the glaze in lustre
Shape:eight pointed star-shaped tile with bevelled edges
Upper surface: following the contours of the edge of the tile, a frieze of dotted medallions and scrolls are outlined in lustre and coloured with blue, all enclosed within lustre or blue lines. In the centre, a horse with dappled coat is reserved on a dotted lustred ground containing dotted palmettes and leaves and a stylised wall. Glaze runs unevenly over the edges of the tile.
Lower surface:undecorated.
History note: From the collection of the late Henry Wallis. On the back there is a rectangular label printed in black 'LENT BY/' stamped in purple ' WALLIS ESQ'/ printed in black ' o.' written in black ink '115'.
Given by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Depth: 1.1 cm
Height: 12.3 cm
Weight: 161 g
Width: 12.5 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given
(1934-02-27)
by
The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Late 13th Century
Circa
1350
CE
-
Circa
1400
CE
Upper Surface composed of pigment ( blue) oxide colours ( lustre) glaze ( white)
Moulding : Fritware, mould made, coated in white glaze painted under the glaze in blue and over the glaze in lustre
Inscription present: Rectangular paper label with serrated edges
Accession number: C.26-1934
Primary reference Number: 17495
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 (2022)
"Tile"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17495 Accessed: 2022-05-20 05:39:16
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