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Mug: C.4-2008

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Potter: Kwali, Ladi, MBE

Entities

Categories

Description

Red-brown stoneware, thrown, with impressed decoration under greyish-white glaze which stops short of the base. Of tapering cylindrical form with an applied strap handle with a medial ridge and a thumbpiece near the top. The sides are decorated underglaze with two lightly impressed pairs of back to back spirals on stems with slanting lines between them, and below a horizontal line. A brown band encircles the rim

Notes

History note: Purchased in Nigeria

Legal notes

Given by Mrs Sylvia Lynn-Meaden

Measurements and weight

Height: 14.9 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Abuja ⪼ Nigeria

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2008-01-28) by Lynn-Meaden, Sylvia, Mrs

Dating

20th Century, third quarter#
Production date: circa AD 1971

Components of the work

Base Diameter 10.2 cm
Rim Diameter 7.2 cm
Handle-rim Width 13.7 cm
Body
Decoration

Materials used in production

Glaze
Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: L.K. in rounded rectangular seal
  • Location: On the unglazed area below the handle
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Maker's mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.4-2008
Primary reference Number: 158397
Entry form number: 985
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 17 July 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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