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Fritware coated in a white slip painted in four colours under a colourless glaze
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white slip painted in black, green, purple and blue under a colourless glaze.
Shape: inverted pear shaped body on a low foot ring, collared neck and everted, rolled rim.
Exterior: on the neck a concentric band of blue and purple. On the shoulder a frieze of rosettes in blue and purple surrounded by green leaves, all outlined in black. Glaze covers the lower body unevenly and extends onto the underside of the foot ring. A signature in Arabic hand painted in black under the glaze on the base.
Interior: glazed but otherwise undecorated.
Given in memory of Niall Claude Beddington
Height: 18.4 cm
Weight: 739 g
Width: 16 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1935)
19th Century
Production date:
exact
AD 1823
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( black, green, purple and blue)
Base
Diameter 8.3 cm
Rim
Diameter 9.9 cm
colourless, covers the lower body unevenly and extends onto the underside of the foot ring
Glaze
white
Slip
Fritware
Throwing
: Fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white slip painted in black, green, purple and blue under a colourless glaze
Glazing (coating)
Slip-coating
Inscription present: hand painted in black under the glaze
Accession number: C.38-1935
Primary reference Number: 74736
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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