Potter: Unknown
Earthenware coated in cream slip, carved under a clear glaze
Red-brown earthenware coated in a cream slip, which is carved and partially coloured green all under a clear glaze
Shape: conical bowl with slightly in-turned rim sitting on a disk base.
Interior: on the body a frieze of hook beaked birds, with well defined wings and facial features and surrounded by curling leaves, are delimited by pairs of incised lines, all carved into the cream slip. Splashes of green pigment are visible on the upper body; glaze pools slightly in the base. Three scar marks resulting from the use of a tripod stacking device in the kiln are visible on the base.
Exterior: on the upper body, the glaze is coloured green, almost covering the cream slip on the upper body.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 6.6 cm
Weight: 351 g
Width: 18.2 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
11th-13th century
Circa
1000
-
1299
Interior
composed of
glaze
( clear)
slip
( cream, carved)
pigment
( green, splashed)
Exterior Upper Body
composed of
glaze
( coloured with green pigment)
slip
( cream)
Rim
Diameter 18.2 cm
Base
Diameter 6.1 cm
red-brown Earthenware
Throwing : Red-brown earthenware coated in a cream slip, which is carved and partially coloured green all under a clear glaze
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around top and right hand edge
Accession number: C.168-1935
Primary reference Number: 138559
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BR.55
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/138559 Accessed: 2022-11-30 01:56:48
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