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Vase: C.35-1972

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Potter: Coper, Hans

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Description

Stoneware, thrown, with decoration of incised lines, and manganese slip round the rim

Notes

History note: Charles Handley-Read Collection; Thomas Stainton, Executor of the Handley-Read Estate

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Height: 37 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Frome ⪼ Somerset ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1972) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

20th Century, third quarter#
Elizabeth II
Production date: circa AD 1970

School or Style

Studio Ceramics

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of slip
Rim Diameter 21.5 cm
Base Diameter 9.5 cm

Materials used in production

Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Throwing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: in oval seal

  • Text: HC monogram
  • Location: On recessed base
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Maker's mark

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.35-1972
Primary reference Number: 74647
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 11 December 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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