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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in blue and black under a clear glaze
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a clear, crazed glaze
Shape: bi-conical bowl with plain rim and foot ring
Interior: the rim is painted blue, while the body is divided by a radiating black ‘Maltese’ cross whose edges are highlighted in blue and which contains an Arabic (cursive) inscription painted in reserve. This cross separates four panels in which black radiating water weeds are painted against a blue background. Glaze is pooled slightly in the base.
Exterior: touches of blue from the interior are visible on the rim. On the body a simple, repeating water weed design is painted in black. Glaze runs unevenly over the foot ring.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 7.9 cm
Width: 16.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
-
1220
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( clear, crazed, runs unevenly over the foot ring)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue, black)
glaze
( clear, crazed)
Rim
Diameter 16.7 cm
Base
Diameter 6.9 cm
Throwing : Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a clear, crazed glaze
Accession number: C.105-1935
Primary reference Number: 71234
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.13
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71234 Accessed: 2025-05-09 04:41:40
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|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-05-09 04:41:40|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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