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Earthenware covered with a turquoise glaze
Earthenware, mould made, covered on the upper surface with a pitted and cracked turquoise glaze
Shape: eight pointed star tile with bevelled edges
Upper surface: covered with a turquoise glaze that runs over onto the edges
Underside: undecorated except for a spot of glaze, probably from another object in the kiln.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950; transfered from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 1 cm
Weight: 209 g
Width: 13.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century-14th Century
Circa
1200
CE
-
Circa
1399
CE
Upper Surface composed of glaze ( turquoise)
Earthenware : Earthenware, mould made, covered on the upper surface with a pitted and cracked turquoise glaze
Inscription present: circular label
Accession number: C.402-1991
Primary reference Number: 17511
Packing number: ISCER 566
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Tile" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17511 Accessed: 2024-11-25 09:03:50
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University of Cambridge}}
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