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Fritware, mould made, painted in blue and green with touches of turquoise and black outlines, all under a clear glaze
Shape: rectangular panel comprising six, roughly square, tiles arranged in rows of two, enclosed by an ebonised wood frame
Upper surface: all decoration is reserved in blue. A repeating pattern of double-handled vases decorated with an arabesque and containing a floral spray is bisected by each tile edge. One quarter of a floral wreath and rosette occupies each corner of the tiles, forming a complete circle or flower head at the centre of the assembled panel.
Lower surface: not visible due to mounting on wall.
History note: Willaim Morris; Morris & Co.
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 76 cm
Width: 50 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
(1928-06-04)
by
The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Mid 16th-17th Century
Circa
1550
CE
-
Circa
1699
CE
Syrian, Damascus
Decoration
composed of
glaze
( clear)
slip
( white)
Frame
composed of
ebonized wood
Width 3.5 cm
Tile - Top Right
Height 23.2 cm
Width 19 cm
Tile - Bottom Left
Height 23.5 cm
Width 23.7 cm
Tile - Middle Left
Height 23.5 cm
Width 23.7 cm
Tile - Bottom Right
Height 23.7 cm
Width 18.5 cm
Tile - Middle Right
Height 24 cm
Width 19 cm
Tile - Top Left
Height 24 cm
Width 23.8 cm
Upper Surface
Moulding : Fritware, mould made, painted in blue and green with touches of turquoise and black outlines, all under a clear glaze
Inscription present: Inscribed in gold lettering
Accession number: C.3-1928
Primary reference Number: 17533
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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"Tile panel"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17533 Accessed: 2022-05-22 15:51:03
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