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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in polychrome under a colourless glaze
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in black, yellow, turquoise, red and blue under a colourless glaze containing impurities.
Shape: shallow, bi-conical dish, a plain rim descending via a slight carination onto a low foot ring
Interior: on the rim black cross hatching alternates with polychrome stylised half-flowers and leaves forming a narrow, concentric frieze. On the body, a couple in traditional dress are painted holding a flower between them.
Exterior: except for the rim of the foot ring, the surface is coated in a white glaze dotted with impurities or spots of pigment.
Given by Miss S.P.Adams and C.G. Copper Esq., 1946
Height: 4.7 cm
Weight: 201 g
Width: 18.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1946) by Adams, S. P., Miss and C.G. Copper Esq.
18th Century
Circa
1700
CE
-
Circa
1799
CE
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, yellow, turquoise, red and blue)
Rim
Diameter 18.7 cm
Base
Diameter 7.4 cm
colourless, dotted with impurities or spots of pigment. Does not cover the rim of the foot ring
Glaze
Fritware
Moulding
: Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in black, yellow, turquoise, red and blue under a colourless glaze containing impurities
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with cut off corners
Accession number: C.182-1946
Primary reference Number: 72711
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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