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Potter: Unknown
Earthenware coated in a cream slip, painted in dark purple under a turquoise glaze
Light brown earthenware, wheel thrown, with cream slip painted in dark purple under a turquoise glaze
Shape: carinated bowl with slightly everted rim, sits on a low foot ring.
Interior: all decoration is painted in dark purple. The rim is painted with a wavey line and on the carination two concentric lines delineate decoration on the body comprising a flower head. Four of the eight petals and the central stigma are cross-hatched. Three scars on the base indicate the use of a tripod stacking device in the kiln and an eruption point on the surface displays evidence of spalling in the kiln.
Exterior: on the neck, a frieze of dashed lines is contained within two concentric lines, all painted in dark purple. The turquoise glaze covers the surface up to a mid point on the body, leaving the remainder covered with a thin white slip. The underside of the foot ring is also painted but with a thicker white slip.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 10.5 cm
Weight: 785 g
Width: 21.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century, Late-14th Century
Circa
1275
-
1325
Possibly provincial ware
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( covers the surface up to a mid point on the body)
Exterior
composed of
slip
( cream, thin on body, thicker on base)
Interior
composed of
slip
( cream)
pigment
( purple, probably manganese)
glaze
( turquoise)
Exterior Neck
composed of
pigment
( purple, probably manganese)
Rim
Diameter 20.7 cm
Base
Diameter 7.3 cm
Exterior Upper Body
Throwing : Light brown earthenware, wheel thrown, with cream slip painted in dark purple under a turquoise glaze
Inscription present: rectangular card label with string and a yellow sticky label attached
Accession number: C.474-1991
Primary reference Number: 75225
Packing number: ISCER 568
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75225 Accessed: 2024-12-22 09:14:04
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