IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 29023 accession number: C.549F-1991 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 25 March 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: fritware, probably mould made, painted in blue, black and turquoise under a crazed, pitted colourless glaze Shape: hexagonal tile with straight edges Upper surface: around the edges the remnants of a black and turquoise border is evident. In the centre of the tile a blue mandorla containing a floral spray is surrounded by arching fern leaves. Lower surface: undecorated object type: fritware painted in blue, black and turquoise under a colourless glaze title: tile NOTES ----- type: history note value: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: H.S. Reitlinger creditline: Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/29023 TECHNIQUES ---------- fritware, probably mould made, painted in blue, black and turquoise under a crazed, pitted colourless glaze moulding CATEGORIES ------ category: fritware (stonepaste) DATING ------ creation date: 1400 - 1499 creation date earliest: 1400 creation date latest: 1499 culture: 15th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Depth units: cm value: 1.5 dimension: Height units: cm value: 18.2 dimension: Weight units: g value: 531 dimension: Width units: cm value: 16.1 CITATIONS -------- Islamic Works of Art, Carpets and Textiles Islamic Tiles Ceramics of the Islamic World in the Tareq Rajab Museum --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/C_549F_1991.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/mid_C_549F_1991.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/C_549F_1991.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/preview_C_549F_1991.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels