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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in blue under a clear glaze
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in blue under a clear glaze
Shape: pear shaped bottle with out-turned rim, sitting on a low foot ring base
Exterior: decoration is painted in blue which has run slightly into surrounding areas. On the neck, a vertical frieze of floral sprays is separated by lines. On the remainder of the body four horizontal friezes are painted, all enclosed by concentric lines. On the lower neck wide triangles contain scrolls; on the shoulder a cable pattern of intertwined pointed leaves is above a wide band of floral sprays comprising rosettes and acanthus leaves; on the lower body lotus leaves are painted. Glaze leaves small areas uncovered on the body and runs unevenly onto the exterior foot ring, although the underside of the base is also glazed but without any mark.
Interior: glazed, no other decoration visible.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 21.5 cm
Weight: 664 g
Width: 13.2 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
17th Century
Circa
1626
CE
-
1699
CE
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( blue)
Rim
composed of
copper alloy
( probably bronze, coated in laquer)
Diameter 3.9 cm
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( white, small areas uncovered on the body and runs unevenly onto the exterior foot ring)
Interior Neck
composed of
glaze
( white)
Base
Diameter 7.9 cm
Throwing : Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in blue under a clear glaze
Accession number: C.488-1991
Primary reference Number: 75267
Packing number: ISCER 524
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Bottle" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75267 Accessed: 2023-03-31 20:03:26
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