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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in blue and green under a colourless glaze
Probably fritware, mould made, painted under the glaze in blue and green under a colourless glaze
Shape: roughly square with straight sides
Upper side: a spray of blue carnations spring from a blue vase, both the spray and vase are clasped by a green agrafe. Either side of the vase, two smaller floral sprays and along each vertical edge two partial cypress trees with sprouting prunus style branches, all painted in blue and green.
Underside: undecorated.
Bequeathed by Lady Courtney of Penwith
Depth: 1 cm
Height: 25 cm
Weight: 1191 g
Width: 25.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1929-05-29) by Lady Courtney of Penwith
17th Century-18th Century
Circa
1600
CE
-
1799
CE
Upper Surface
composed of
pigment
( blue, green)
Decoration
composed of
glaze
( colourless)
Moulding : Probably fritware, mould made, painted under the glaze in blue and green under a colourless glaze
Accession number: C.3-1929
Primary reference Number: 17579
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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