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Potter: Unknown (Probably)
Fritware with moulded fluting, coated in a blue glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown with moulding on the exterior, coated in a blue glaze
Shape: carinated bowl with straight sides and everted rim on a conical lower body, sits on a low foot ring.
Exterior: moulded fluting on the upper body. Glaze runs over the surface forming droplets on the lower body.
Interior: undecorated except for the glaze
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 12.2 cm
Weight: 580 g
Width: 18.2 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
12th Century
Circa
1100
CE
-
Circa
1199
CE
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( blue, runs over the surface forming droplets on the lower body)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( blue)
Rim
Diameter 18.2 cm
Base
Diameter 7.8 cm
Exterior Upper Body
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown with moulding on the exterior, coated in a blue glaze
Inscription present: Rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Accession number: C.171-1935
Primary reference Number: 72490
Old number: BP.128
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/72490 Accessed: 2023-05-30 19:17:50
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72490
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-05-30 19:17:50|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-72490
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
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<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa13/C_171_1935_281_29.jpg"
alt="Bowl"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
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Accession Number: E.P.467
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Accession Number: E.P.260
Accession Number: E.277.1932
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