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Bowl: C.21-1983

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Potter: Hammond, Henry

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Description

Stoneware with a cream, iron-speckled glaze, painted in cobalt and iron with fish and weed above horizontal bands. Circular with deep sides, curving outwards from the narrow base, then upwards and slightly inwards towards the rim

Notes

History note: Purchased from Henry Rothschild Associates Ltd., after exhibition at Kettles Yard, Cambridge, Thirty-Seven Potters return to Kettles Yard. Together with Strange Delights gathered by Henry Rothschild in Europe and Overseas, no. 158

Legal notes

Purchased with the J. R. V. Smyth Fund and a grant from Eastern Arts Association

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 14.5 cm
Height: 10.4 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Thornfield ⪼ Hampshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1983-06-13) by Rothschild, Henry, Associates Ltd

Dating

20th Century, Late#
Elizabeth II
Production date: circa AD 1983

Components of the work

Decoration composed of iron-oxide cobalt

Materials used in production

Glaze
Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Stoneware, thrown, with cream, iron-speckled glaze, painted in cobalt and iron-oxide
Glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.21-1983
Primary reference Number: 73138
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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