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Fritware, moulded, painted in black and blue under a transparent glaze
Fritware, moulded, painted in blue with black outlining under a colourless glaze.
Shape: boat-shaped body terminating in lug handles, with slightly out-turned rim, sits on a low, ovular foot ring.
Interior: rim is painted blue. On the base lobbed cartouche, containing a leaf reserved in blue, are arranged in a quarter-foil pattern connected by a series of lines to form a rectangle.
Exterior: duck heads are painted on the lug handles while below the rim a frieze of dots is contained within concentric lines. On the body, painted in reserve on a blue background, flowers and leaves are painted on the sides with a cross-hatch pattern on the terminals. A pair of concentric lines is painted on the foot ring. The foot ring is glazed with the exception of the rim.
History note: From the Joseph Dixon Collection, sold at Christie’s, 16th-17th March, 1911, lot 132
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 8 cm
Weight: 159 g
Width: 14.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1911-03-20) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early#
Circa
1690
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Circa
1738
Rim
Diameter 10.2 cm
Base
Diameter 7.5 cm
black, blue
Pigment
transparent, all but the rim of the foot ring covered
Glaze
Fritware
Moulding
: Fritware, moulded, painted in blue with black outlining under a transparent glaze
Painting underglaze
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: circular paper label
Inscription present: circular paper label
Inscription present: rectangular card label
Accession number: C.45-1911
Primary reference Number: 75147
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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