Bowl of glazed greyish fritware, with a stem and expanding foot, and cover, painted on slip, Turkey, 16th century-17th century.

Bowl and cover of glazed greyish fritware and painted in red, blue and green on a white slip with a row of eight niche-shaped compartments, each containing a flower.

250-1894 and 352-1894 were acquired on two different occasions, but it is clear that they were originally two parts of a single object.

352-1897 was purchased in Istanbul in 1897 from Mrs Alice Whitaker, daughter and heir of William Henry Wrench (1836-96). Wrench was British consul in the city when he died, and he had formed a significant collection of Ottoman and Iranian objects while in the consular service. For images of how Wrench displayed his collection in his home in the Pera (Beyoğlu) district of the city, see V&A: PH.331 to 334-1892.

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352-1897, 250-1894