Late Bowl No. 1142
Potter: Washington, R. J.
Clay and fibre pulp mix, hand-formed, and low fired
Clay and fibre pulp mix, hand-formed, low fired. Decorated with black threadwork, and glaze in shades of turquoise, black and white. Approximately leaf-shaped bowl, with deep concave sides, and irregularly shaped edge, standing on a roughly formed footring. The base, footring, and lower part of the sides on the underside, are unglazed, and pinkish in colour. The rest of the underside has black, white, and turquoise projections. The interior is approximately half turquoise and half white, with a black A applied over mainly the white area.
History note: Mrs S. M. Washington, the potter's widow
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 17.6 cm
Length: 56.0 cm
Width: 46.5 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (1998-10-12) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Late 20th Century
Elizabeth II
Production date:
AD 1995
Contemporary Craft
Studio Ceramics
Decoration
clay and fibre pulp mix
Earthenware
Glaze
Hand-forming : Bowl, clay and fibre pulp mix, hand-formed, low fired, decorated with black threadwork, and glaze in shades of turquoise, black and white
Accession number: C.19-1998
Primary reference Number: 28677
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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