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Description: | Artist: Unknown, potter; Date(s): circa 1660 - circa 1699; Classification(s): fritware (stonepaste), bottle, moulding, fritware, mould made, painted in two shades of blue under a colourless, slightly pitted glaze; Acquisition: given by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, 1911-03-20, Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum [C.59-1911]
Description: fritware, mould made, painted in two shades of blue under a colourless, slightly pitted glaze
Shape: bulbous body with collared, carinated shoulder and flaring mouth; sits on a low foot ring
Exterior: on the neck, V shaped leaves are painted. On the shoulder, enclosed by narrow chevron bands, horizontal friezes of scrolling leaves and stylised rock wave patterns. On the body, on a background of dotted scrolls, large lobbed medallions contain central quatrefoils. On the lower body, a frieze of rounded lappets is painted above concentric lines on the foot ring. On the base, a cross-hatched square with crosses on the corners. Glaze covers the foot ring unevenly but extends to the underside of the base. Interior: glazed, otherwise undecorated | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | fritware (stonepaste) Unknown bottle | Temporal: | name=late 17th Century; start=1660; end=1699 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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