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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, mould made, painted in blue, green and black under a colourless glaze.
Forms part of a panel comprising twenty three tiles; one of an upper row of three roughly square tiles.
Upper surface: Tiles on the top row are all painted with a frieze of arcading toped with palmettes, outlined in black and containing split leaf arabesques that are reserved in blue and highlighted with green. This initial row may have been taken from a different context to the remaining rows.
Lower surface: undecorated except for splashes of glaze and areas of plaster
History note: Willaim Morris; Morris & Co.
Given by The Friends of The Fitzwilliam Museum
Depth: 2.8 cm
Height: 20 cm
Weight: 1623 g
Width: 20.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1928-06-04) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
16th Century, Late
1574
CE
-
1599
CE
Syrian, Damascus
Upper Surface
composed of
pigment
( blue and green with black outlines)
Decoration
composed of
glaze
( colourless)
Moulding : Fritware, mould made, painted in blue, green and black under a colourless glaze
Accession number: C.4B-1928
Primary reference Number: 28890
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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