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Unknown
(Potter)
Fritware painted in polychrome under a colourless glaze
Fritware, probably mould made, painted in blue, emerald green and red with black outlines under a colourless glaze
Shape: segmental bowl with a slightly everted rim, sits on a low, wide foot ring
Interior: on the rim a frieze of paired blue tulips and green and red rosettes are painted. On the body polychrome symmetrical floral sprays, with clear vertical axis, comprise two curving prunus branches in the lower section and on the upper section carnations on long curving stems interspersed with tulips.
Exterior: paired blue leaves and green and blue rosettes are painted on the body. The glaze extends over the surface except for the rim of the foot ring.
T.H. Riches Bequest, 1950
Height: 6.6 cm
Weight: 1192 g
Width: 32.3 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1950-06-27)
by
Riches, Thomas Henry
Third quarter of 16th century
Circa
1565
CE
-
AD
1570
CE
‘floral symmetry’ style
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue, emerald green and red with black outlines)
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( blue, green, black)
Base
Diameter 15.8 cm
Rim
Diameter 32.3 cm
colourless, extends over the surface except for the rim of the foot ring Glaze Fritware
Moulding : Fritware, probably mould made, painted in blue, emerald green and red with black outlines under a colourless glaze
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.20-1950
Primary reference Number: 73009
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 (2022)
"Dish"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/73009 Accessed: 2022-05-26 15:35:55
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