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Platter: C.5-2007

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Potter: Sargent, Patrick

Entities

Categories

Description

Stoneware, hand-formed, with shino glaze, wood-fired

Stoneware, hand-formed, with shino glaze. The exterior is unglazed apart from the rim, Its surface is covered with diagonal striations, and there are nine patch marks on the base. the tray is almost square with a flat base, sloping sides, and applied rounded rim, with two ribbed handles applied on opposing sides. The interior is unevenly streaked in reddish-brown and has fifteen, spaced impressions filled with bluish-grey glaze, and four oval bare patches.

Legal notes

Given by Trevor Coldrey through the Art Fund (National Art Collections Fund)

Measurements and weight

Width: 42 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Heimisbach ⪼ Switzerland

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2007-01-29) by Coldrey, Trevor

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1995

School or Style

Studio Ceramics
Contemporary Craft

Components of the work

Over Handles Height 10 cm
Across Handles Length 48.6 cm

Materials used in production

Shino glaze
Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Hand-forming : Stoneware, hand-formed, with shino glaze, wood-fired
Glazing (coating)
Wood-firing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.5-2007
Primary reference Number: 140721
Entry form number: 832
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 29 September 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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