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Potter: Unknown (Probably)
Fritware painted in blue and a transparent white glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue with outlining in dark blue under a transparent white, crazed glaze.
Shape: collared neck on a bulbous pear shaped body, sits on a wide, low foot ring
Exterior: the neck collar is painted blue above a frieze of rectangular panels containing framed stylised flower heads. On the shoulder, a frieze of trefoils with splayed stems is painted in reserve against a blue background. On the body, a frieze of ducks with ‘S’ shaped necks are separated by a floral spray, below which a band of buds and feathery leaves is painted. Glaze covers the body but sections of the base including the rim of base are bare. The underside of the foot ring is glazed but there is no signature or other mark visible on the base.
Oval label with a gold edge, inscribed '117' in pencil
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 30.4 cm
Weight: 1714 g
Width: 20.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
15th Century, Early#
Circa
1400
CE
-
1425
CE
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( clear, crazed)
pigment
( two shades of blue)
Base
Diameter 11.7 cm
Rim
Diameter 4.4 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue with outlining in dark blue under a clear, crazed glaze
Inscription present: oval paper label with gold edging
Accession number: C.548-1991
Primary reference Number: 75490
Packing number: ISCER 530
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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