Bowl: C.22-1983

Current Location: Courtyard

Maker(s)

Potter: Hessenberg, Karin

Entities

Categories

Porcelain

Description

Porcelain, burnished and sawdust fired to produce a black and white streaked and mottled surface. Approximately oval, with deep walls, cut and folded over twice on each side of one end to creat an inverted V outline on the exterior

Notes

History note: Purchased after exhibited at Cambridge, Kettles Yard, 8-22 May 1983 Thirty-Seven Potters return to Kettles Yard/Together with Strange Delights gathered by Henry Rothschild in europe and Overseas, no. 178.

Legal notes

Purchased with the J. R. V. Smyth Fund and a 50% grant from Eastern Arts Association

Measurements and weight

Height: 20 cm
Width: 15.4 cm

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

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

School or Style

Studio Ceramics

Components of the work

Pleat

Materials used in production

Techniques used in production

Hand-forming : Porcelain, hand-formed, cut, folded, burnished and sawdust fired to produce a black and white streaked and mottled surface
Burnishing

References and bibliographic entries

A Dictionary of British Studio Potters page(s): 78
British Studio Potters' Marks page(s): 234

Related exhibitions

Thirty-Seven Potters return to Kettle's Yard/Together with Strange Delights gathered by Henry Rothschild in Europe and Overseas

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.22-1983
Primary reference Number: 73256
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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