IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 35117 accession number: C.14-2001 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Pale red earthenware, thrown, coated in dark greyish-blue slip, clear-glazed, and painted in reduced-pigment silver lustre which has produced plum-coloured iridescence on the silver motifs. The underside of the base has been wiped free of slip. Circular with curved sides, and two holes for suspension in the edge of the base which is recessed. The interior is decorated with calligraphic curved strokes, and stylised foliage and flowerheads. The exterior has a broad band of stylised foliage and berries. The base is decorated with two concetric circles with curved lines around the inner edge, and a stylised fern or pine tree on each side of the marks. object type: Earthenware, coated in dark greyish-blue slip, clear-glazed, and painted in reduced pigment silver lustre with plum-coloured iridescence title: bowl NOTES ----- type: history note value: Purchased from Primavera, King's Parade, Cambridge, from the exhibition held in the Fitzwilliam Museum, 2 July - 3 September 2001, Ceramics & Glass, New Work by Alan Caiger-Smith and Peter Layton, no. ACS 35 LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/35117 SUBJECTS ------------------- foliage berry fern pine flower heads foliage berry fern pine flower heads TECHNIQUES ---------- pale red earthenware, coated in dark greyish-blue slip, clear-glazed, and painted in reduced pigment lustre which has produced plum-coloured iridescence on the silver motifs throwing CATEGORIES ------ category: earthenware category: lustreware category: Studio Ceramics DATING ------ creation date: 2001 - 2001 creation date earliest: 2001 creation date latest: 2001 culture: 21st Century, Early culture: Elizabeth II CREATORS -------- maker: Caiger-Smith, Alan DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: cm value: 44.2 dimension: Height units: cm value: 12.5 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Ceramics and Glass, New Work by Alan Caiger-Smith and Peter Layton CITATIONS -------- Alan Caiger-Smith, Tin-Glaze and Smoked Lustre, Pottery by Alan Caiger-Smith and Aldermaston Pottery 1955-1985 Obituaries: Alan Caiger-Smith --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/C_14_2001_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/mid_C_14_2001_281_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/C_14_2001_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/preview_C_14_2001_281_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/C_14_2001_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/mid_C_14_2001_282_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/C_14_2001_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/preview_C_14_2001_282_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/C_14_2001_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/mid_C_14_2001_283_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/C_14_2001_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/preview_C_14_2001_283_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/C_14_2001_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/mid_C_14_2001_284_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/C_14_2001_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/preview_C_14_2001_284_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels