Spherical Bird Form
Potter: Mayer, Jean
Stoneware with shaded yellow ochre to cream glaze, incised with word 'ISRAEL' on the front, standing on a rectangular wooden base painted white
Stoneware with shaded yellow ochre to cream glaze. The bird has a globular body supported on a cylindrical foot. Its stylized head has a circular hole to represent the eye, and its beak is pointing downwards. Inscribed on the cylindrical support with illegible letters, perhaps ending with PX followed by ‘ISRAEL’ on the front. Rectangular wooden base painted white.
History note: Henry Rothschild; by whom lent to Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
Given by Henry Rothschild
Height: 19 cm
Length: 14 cm
Width: 12.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2006-07-17) by Rothschild, Henry
20th Century, Late#
Production date:
circa
AD 1980
: date uncertain, probably 1980s
Probably stoneware
Base
composed of
paint
( white)
wood
Bird
Height 16.5 cm
Body
Support
probably
Stoneware
yellow ochre shading to cream
Glaze
Accession number: C.24-2006
Primary reference Number: 131305
Old object number: 2002.12
Entry form number: 819
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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