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Jar. Buff stoneware, thrown with applied incised details, monochrome mottled brown and clear glaze. Peony jar with globular body and short, wide neck; vertical foot with recessed, flat base. Buff stoneware covered with brown slip and transparent glaze stopping short of the foot. Five rows of curving, vertically striated petals applied to neck and body under slip, the overall appearance like that of a giant peony blossom.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 13.2 cm
Width: 16.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
20th Century
Circa
1900
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1950
Glaze
composed of
glaze
( brown and clear glaze)
Decoration
Throwing : Stoneware, thrown with applied details, monochrome mottled brown and clear glaze
Inscription present: oval, cream label, with black rim
Accession number: C.612-1991
Primary reference Number: 20985
Old object number: CHICER/283
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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