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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, incised and coated in a yellow glaze
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, incised on the interior and coated in a crazed yellow glaze
Shape: hemispherical bowl with a slightly out-turned rim, sits on a narrow, slightly flared foot ring.
Interior: a frieze of scrolling leaves and roundels is incised on the body. Glaze pools in the roundel.
Exterior: glaze runs over the surface, terminating on the foot ring
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 8.5 cm
Weight: 307 g
Width: 17.5 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: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
Late 12th or early 13th century
Circa
1170
-
Circa
1220
Interior
composed of
glaze
( yellow, crazed)
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( yellow, terminating on the foot ring)
Rim
Diameter 17.5 cm
Base
Diameter 6.8 cm
Interior Body
Throwing : Fritware, probably wheel thrown, incised on the interior and coated in a crazed yellow glaze
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Inscription present: written directly onto vessel surface
Accession number: C.159-1935
Primary reference Number: 72274
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD
Old number: BP.85
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 (2023) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72274 Accessed: 2023-06-05 05:34:40
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72274
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-06-05 05:34:40|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-72274
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa13/C_159_1935_281_29.jpg"
alt="Bowl"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Accession Number: E.P.467
Accession Number: E.P.240
Accession Number: E.P.260
Accession Number: E.277.1932
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