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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in polychrome under a colourless glaze
Fritware, mould made, painted in red slip, emerald green, blue and black under a colourless glaze
Shape: segmental bowl with foliated and angled flange rim, sits on a low, wide foot ring.
Interior: one the rim, between two blue bracketed lines, a rock wave pattern is painted in green and black and outlined in blue. On the body, arched floral sprays of rose branches, carnations and hyacinths enclose a central red lobbed medallion containing an arabesque reserved in green.
Exterior: a blue bracketed line is painted below the rim. On the body blue paired tulips alternate with green and red rosettes. Glaze covers the surface except for the rim of the foot ring.
History note: Possible former owner: Henry Durlacher
T. H. Riches Bequest
Height: 6.5 cm
Weight: 1002 g
Width: 29.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Riches, Thomas Henry
16th Century, Late
Circa
1570
CE
-
Circa
1590
CE
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( blue, red and green)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( red slip, emerald green, blue and black)
Base
Diameter 15.8 cm
Rim
Diameter 29.8 cm
colourless, covers the surface except for the rim of the foot ring
Glaze
Fritware
Moulding
: Fritware, mould made, painted in red slip, emerald green, blue and black under a colourless glaze
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.16-1950
Primary reference Number: 72325
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Dish" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72325 Accessed: 2024-04-25 16:35:15
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