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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in three colours under a white glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue, turquoise and black under a transparent white glaze.
Shape: deep, carinated bowl with ‘T’ shaped rim, sits on a low, wide foot ring.
Interior: on the rim, a band of blue dots is framed by blue or black concentric lines. On the body lobbed arches contain a central tear drop cartouche, both these elements and the spandrels are filled with blue or purple curled leaves. Rectangular panels containing blue and black dots and dashes separate these arches. In the roundel a deer is reserved in blue on a background of further coloured leaves. Splashes of turquoise paint in the rim and body.
Exterior: the rim is painted with dark blue above a band of curled leaves on the neck. On the body dots and vertical lines are enclosed on the lower body by concentric bands. Glaze covers the surface to the foot ring, with a thin covering on the underside.
History note: Louis C.G. Clarke, MA, Cambridge
Given by Louis C.G. Clark, MA
Height: 13.6 cm
1473
Width: 27 cm
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Method of acquisition: Given (1931-06-05) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
13th Century, Mid-14th Century, Mid#
Circa
1260
CE
-
Circa
1350
CE
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue, black, turquoise)
glaze
( white, transparent)
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( blue, black)
glaze
( white, transparent, covers the surface to the foot ring, with a thin covering on the underside)
Base
Diameter 10.2 cm
Rim
Diameter 27 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue, turquoise and black under a transparent white glaze
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with black printed border and corners cut away
Accession number: C.34-1931
Primary reference Number: 74606
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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