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Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in a turquoise glaze painted in blue and red and gilded
Buff fritware, moulded, coated in a turquoise glaze painted in the glaze in blue and over the glaze in red and blue and leaf gilding.
Shape: flaring rim on an inverted pear shaped neck sitting on a collar that descends onto a bulbous body with slight carination, all on a wide low foot ring.
Exterior: all over the body designs are outlined in red with gilding and blue dots and lines. Similar designs are painted on the neck and body, both of which incorporate horizontal calligraphic bands, framed by concentric lines, delimiting broad friezes of vertical arabesques including flower heads. Turquoise glaze runs over the lower body onto the foot ring.
Interior: on the rim further red paint and gilding are visible. Glaze covers rim and runs over the upper neck
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 31.3 cm
Weight: 1046 g
Width: 19 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century, Late-13th Century, Early#
Circa
1180
CE
-
1219
CE
Exterior
composed of
gold leaf
( gilding on restricted areas)
pigment
( red (overglaze), blue (possibly in and over glaze))
glaze
( turquoise, runs over the lower body onto the foot ring)
Interior Rim
composed of
painting overglaze
( red)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( turquoise, covers rim and runs over the upper neck)
Base
Diameter 10 cm
Rim
Diameter 3.9 cm
Moulding : Buff fritware, moulded, coated in a turquoise glaze painted in the glaze in blue and over the glaze in red and blue and leaf gilding
Accession number: C.149-1935
Primary reference Number: 72084
Old number: BP.31
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bottle" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72084 Accessed: 2024-12-22 15:32:58
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University of Cambridge}}
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