Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Frtiware painted blue and black under a clear glaze
Buff fritware, body is wheel thrown with neck and rim moulded, painted both painted in black and blue under a clear crazed glaze.
Shape: mouth is moulded into the form of a cock’s head with strap handle, symbolising tail feathers, attached at the back and on the upper body. Body is a bulbous pear shape sitting on a low foot ring.
Exterior: rim and neck are painted in blue and black imitating a cock’s head including head feathers, mouth and eyes. On the body three smaller friezes, comprising blue or black vertical lines or black dots, frame a central frieze of vertical panels. The panels contain, alternately, either a black cable pattern with a hatched background, or a black palmettes and dotted semi-ovals, painted against a blue background. Glaze ends uniformly on lower body just above foot ring.
Interior: rim is painted black and there is a splash of black colouring in the mouth. The mouth and neck are glazed.
Notes
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
Legal notes
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Measurements and weight
Height: 28.8 cm
Weight: 897 g
Width: 15.4 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1950)
by
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Dating
13th Century-14th Century
Circa
1200
CE
-
Circa
1399
CE
School or Style
Seljuk
Il-Khanid
Components of the work
Interior Rim/neck
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( clear, crazed)
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( blue and black)
glaze
( clear, crazed, ends uniformly on lower body just above foot ring)
Rim
Diameter 5.5 cm
Base
Diameter 8.2 cm
Body
Exterior Body
Interior Rim/mouth
Neck And Rim
Materials used in production
Fritware
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular card tie on label with string attached
- Text: “Sotheby’s Founded 1744” (printed); “15 Oct 1986” (stamped); “107” (handwritten)
- Location: Suspended around neck with string
- Method of creation: Printed, stamped and hand written in black
- Type: Label
Inscription present: oval label with gold printed border
- Text: 116 (hand written)
- Location: Exterior base
- Method of creation: Gold printed border, hand written in black ink
- Type: Label
Inscription present: oval paper label with blue printed border
- Text: No. / 11
- Location: Exterior base
- Method of creation: Blue and black printing, hand written in blue ink
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.454-1991
Primary reference Number: 75162
Packing number: ISCER 528
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 25 March 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
