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Dish: C.315-1991

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Friesland factory (Possibly)

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Description

Buff earthenware, thickly potted, the front tin-glazed, and painted in blue, yellow and manganese-purple; the reverse covered with cloudy lead-glaze containing some tin, and tinged with green in the middle. Circular with deep sloping sides and curved centre, standing on a wide shallow footring. The front is decorated with a woman holding in her right hand a bud or seed head on a stalk. She has long curling hair, and wears a dress with a low neckline, pointed bodice and stomacher, voluminous sleeves, and a wide striped and spotted skirt. Round the rim there are concentric circles; narrow blue, wide yellow, two narrow blue and a wide yellow. There are three spur marks in the centre.

Notes

History note: Mrs M.L. Clarke, Toronto; Christie's, 5 April 1934, Catalogue of the Collection of English Pottery and Porcelain and Miniatures formed by Mrs M.L. Clarke Deceased late of Toronto, Canada, p. 10, part of lot 66; Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred to the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1991

Legal notes

H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Measurements and weight

34.5
Height: 8.2 cm

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

17th Century, Late - 18th century, Early
Circa 1690 - 1705

School or Style

Baroque

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high temperature colour ( blue, yellow and manganese-purple derived from metallic oxides)
Back composed of lead-glaze ( probably mixed with some tin-glaze producing a cloudy effect)
Front composed of tin-glaze
Footring Diameter 12.8 cm
Reverse

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing (pottery technique) : Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed on the front and painted in blue, yellow and manganese-purple, the reverse, probably slip-coated and covered with a lead-glaze clouded with tin and slightly green in and around the footring

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular green

  • Text: SOT
  • Location: On back
  • Method of creation: Printed in black
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: circular stick-on label with serrated edge

  • Text: 531
  • Location: On reverse
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.315-1991
Primary reference Number: 74431
Packing number: EURCER 122
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 15 December 2023 Last processed: Friday 15 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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