Artist: Unknown, pottery; Date(s): circa 1300 - 1500; Classification(s): lead-glazed earthenware, fragment, throwing, dark buff earthenware, thrown, the interior and exterior coated with cream slip except for the footring and base; the interior incised and touched with pale green under lead-glaze; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991. [C.329-1991]
Description: Dark buff earthenware, thrown, the interior and exterior coated with cream slip except for the footring and base; the interior incised and touched with pale green under lead-glaze. Originally circular with deep curved sides, standing on a high, sloping footring. Decorated in the centre there is a circular medallion forming the centre of the body of a stylized bird with a tall crest. On the exterior there are remnants of some unidentifiable decoration in green.
