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Vase: C.26-2014

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Vase

Maker(s)

Unidentified Pottery

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Description

Moulded red-brown earthenware vase with textured surface, geometric relief decoration and applied shapes, partly painted in enamels; not glazed.

Vase in the form of an abstracted head with a circular opening and deep hollow interior, on a neck and base in the form of shoulders. A bolt like shape is attached on either side of the head and a triangle shape to one side of the neck. The facial features and a number of geometric shapes on the shoulders and upper body are defined by relief and incision and picked out in dull earth colours. The back is combed, perhaps in imiataion of wood grain. The rim is outlined in black. The underside is partly hollow, the rest painted in black.

Notes

History note: Given by Dr Todd Longstaffe-Gowan and Tim Knox

Legal notes

Given by Dr Todd Longstaffe-Gowan and Tim Knox

Acquisition and important dates

(2014-11-24)

Dating

20th Century, Late
Production date: after AD 1960

Note

Possibly Troika Pottery, St Ives and Newlyn (1963-1983), although without the usual Troika factory and decorator’s marks

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels

Materials used in production

Red earthenware

Techniques used in production

Hand modelling : Hand modelled red earthenware with relief, combed and incised and painted decoration

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.26-2014
Primary reference Number: 200097

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 27 January 2015 Updated: Monday 4 August 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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