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Jug: C.493-1991

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Current Location: In storage

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Potter: Unknown

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Description

Fritware painted in blue under a clear glaze

Fritware, moulded, painted in blue under a clear, slightly crazed glaze
Shape: trefoil rim with a straight neck on a bulbous body, sitting on a low foot ring; a strap handle is attached to the rim and upper body and the lower body is gadrooned.
Exterior: the rim is painted in blue that has run slightly in places. The moulded gadroons radiating from the lower body and the foot ring are also painted in blue. The underside of the foot ring is glazed.
Interior: the blue colouration continues on the rim. The interior is glazed up to the upper body.

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: 15.3 cm
Weight: 397 g
Width: 11.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

School or Style

Post-Medieval

Components of the work

Rim And Lower Body composed of pigment ( blue)
Exterior composed of glaze ( clear)
Interior Upper Body composed of glaze ( clear)
Rim Diameter 6.3 cm
Base Diameter 6.4 cm

Materials used in production

Fritware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Fritware, moulded, painted in blue under a clear, slightly crazed glaze

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: circular paper label with serrated edge

  • Text: 434/b
  • Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
  • Method of creation: Hand written in pencil
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: remnants of a paper label

  • Text: without inscription
  • Location: Exterior body
  • Method of creation: N/a
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.493-1991
Primary reference Number: 75291
Packing number: ISCER 613

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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