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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, coated in a blue glaze painted red and buff and gilded
Reddish fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a blue glaze painted in red and buff and leaf gilded
Shape: square rim on a shallow bowl with convex sides sitting on a low foot ring.
Interior: a cross, outlined in red, radiates from a central point, the arms contain friezes of gold lozenges also outlined in red and surrounded by dotted buff ‘V’ shapes. Between the arms, buff triangles contain a central diagonal lines and smaller red triangles. A pair of buff concentric lines below the rim delineates this decoration.
Exterior: on the body, radiating vertical lines are only partially visible due to rep-painting during restoration. Glaze runs unevenly over the lower body and in places onto the foot ring.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 3.6 cm
Weight: 129 g
Width: 10.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
13th Century, Late-14th Century
Circa
1260
-
1399
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( blue, runs unevenly over the lower body and in places onto the foot ring)
pigment
( buff (painting overglaze))
Interior
composed of
glaze
( blue)
pigment
( buff, red (painting overglaze))
gold leaf
( gilding)
Rim
Diameter 10.4 cm
Base
Diameter 5.6 cm
Exterior Body
Throwing : Reddish fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a blue glaze painted in red and buff and leaf gilded
Inscription present: rectangular paper label adhered to exterior base with serrated edge on the bottom and right hand edge
Accession number: C.148-1935
Primary reference Number: 72069
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.111
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Dish" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72069 Accessed: 2024-11-05 19:35:24
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