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Bottle with wavy neck: C.1-1999

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Bottle with wavy neck

Maker(s)

Potter: Constantinidis, Joanna

Entities

Categories

Description

Greyish-brown stoneware, thrown and shaped, with variegated, slightly lustrous brown salt-glazed surface with a few white inclusions, more lustrous on one side than the other. Oval in plan. The sides rise up vertically on one side and in a curve on the other, above which they contract and undulate twice on each side, terminating in a narrow, oval mouth with a rough edge.

Notes

History note: Christie's, South Kensington, 26 November 1998, Studio Pottery, lot 88

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Height: 55 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Great Baddow ⪼ Essex ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1999-01-18) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

20th Century, Late#
Circa 1980 CE - 1999 CE

Note

English, Great Baddow, Essex

School or Style

Studio Ceramics

Components of the work

Decoration composed of glaze
Base Length 15.8 cm

Materials used in production

Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Greyish-brown stoneware, thrown and shaped, with variegated, slightly lustrous brown salt-glazed surface with a few white inclusions
Formed

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1-1999
Primary reference Number: 28508
Entry form number: 105
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 15 June 2023 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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