Production: Unidentified Talavera factory
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in polychrome with flowers and foliage
Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed overall, and painted in blue, green, yellow, orange and manganese. The vase is ovoid with a flaring neck and two 'twisted rope' handles. On each side of the body there is a yellow carnation flanked by foliage, and on the neck, a six-petalled flower flanked by foliage. There are sets of three manganese horizontal bands at the bottom, on the shoulder, and on the top of the neck. The handles are blue.
History note: William Ridout; sold Christie's, 13 December 1938, The William Ridout Collection . . . p. 25, lot 129; Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); The Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1990
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 17.7 cm
Width: 14.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger Trust
18th Century
Circa
1700
-
1800
High-temperature colours
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Inscription present: circular stick-on paper label with blue border
Inscription present: brown thin card
Accession number: C.301-1991
Primary reference Number: 209029
Packding number: EURCER 123
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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