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Two-handled Casserole in 'Gwari' style: C.5 & A-2008

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Two-handled Casserole in 'Gwari' style

Maker(s)

Pottery: Abuja Pottery

Entities

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Description

Red-brown stoneware with olive-brown and greyish-white glazes

Red-brown stoneware with olive-brown and greyish-white glazes. Thrown depressed globular form with recessed base, a short cylindrical neck, flaring rim, and two small applied strap handles on opposing sides. The interior of the rim and the edge of the base are unglazed. The interior is glazed greyish-white. The circular cover has a concave centre with a large central knob with a slightly convex circular top. The edge of the undersideof the cover is unglazed. The widest part of the casserole is decorated with a band of pinching, above which there are olive-brown and white stripes, and round the edge of the rim, a brown band. The cover has a border of rectangular and slanting strokes.

Notes

History note: Purchased in Nigeria

Legal notes

Given by Mrs Sylvia Lynn-Meaden

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

School or Style

Gwari

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: PK (?)
  • Location: On top of knob
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Maker's mark
  • Text: illegible
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Maker's mark

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.5 & A-2008
Primary reference Number: 158398
Entry form number: 985

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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