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Potter: Unknown
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.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 15.3 cm
Weight: 397 g
Width: 11.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
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
Moulding : Fritware, moulded, painted in blue under a clear, slightly crazed glaze
Inscription present: circular paper label with serrated edge
Inscription present: remnants of a paper label
Accession number: C.493-1991
Primary reference Number: 75291
Packing number: ISCER 613
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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