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Fritware with a clear glaze painted in lustre
Fritware, moulded, coated in a clear glaze painted in brownish lustre
Shape: everted rim on a straight neck with bulbous body incorporating a carination in the upper section, sits on a low foot ring.
Exterior: the neck is a copper alloy replacement, while the upper body is painted with a cross hatch pattern with a roughly painted central lozenge. On the shoulder, a concentric band is painted, while on the lower body a frieze, of scrolling tendrils and buds, is enclosed above and below by narrow leaves. Further concentric bands are painted below this frieze on the foot ring. Glaze runs over the foot ring unevenly including the underside but leaves small areas uncovered.
Interior: glazed but otherwise undecorated.
History note: T.H. Riches
T.H. Riches Bequest, 1950
Height: 10.6 cm
Weight: 392 g
Width: 12.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Riches, Thomas Henry
17th Century-18th Century
Circa
1600
-
1799
Exterior
composed of
oxide colours
( brownish lustre)
glaze
( clear, runs over the foot ring unevenly including the underside but leaves small areas uncovered)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( clear)
Rim
composed of
copper alloy
Diameter 4.5 cm
Base
Diameter 6.7 cm
Moulding : Fritware, moulded, coated in a clear glaze painted in brownish lustre
Accession number: C.39-1950
Primary reference Number: 74771
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Spittoon" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74771 Accessed: 2025-04-26 21:47:53
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