These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Potter: Keeler, Walter
Salt-glazed stoneware, shaded from greyish-brown to greyish-blue, freckled finely on the body and cover and coarsely on the shoulder, handle, and spout. Of 'oil can' form.
History note: Primavera (Cambridge) Ltd., King's Parade, Cambridge
Purchased with the Zoë Hadwen Fund and a grant from Eastern Arts Association
Height: 22.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-12-09) by Primavera Ltd
20th Century, Late#
Elizabeth II
Production date:
AD 1985
Walter Keeler began to make teapots or cans of this shape in 1981
Studio Ceramics
Contemporary Craft
Whole With Spout Length 23.5 cm
Accession number: C.38 & A-1985
Primary reference Number: 74727
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 (2024) "Can" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74727 Accessed: 2024-11-05 23:42:29
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74727
|title=Can
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-05 23:42:29|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-74727
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/aa11/C_38_20_26_20A_1985_281_29.jpg"
alt="Can"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Can</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
