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Wave-shaped: C.39-1972

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Current Location: Gallery 30

Titles

Wave-shaped

Maker(s)

Potter: Lowndes, Gillian

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Description

Buff stoneware, hand-built covered with grey-white glaze stopping short of the base. The vessel has a wavy front and a flat back. The glaze has bubbled sufficiently in places so as to reveal the body underneath. There is an irreguar indentation on the left of the front which interrupts the otherwise smooth flow.

Notes

History note: Charles Handley-Read Collection

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Height: 19.5 cm
Length: 35 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1972-06-13) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

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

School or Style

Contemporary Craft
Studio Ceramics

Components of the work

Visible Surfaces composed of glaze ( base unglazed)

Materials used in production

Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Hand-building : Buff stoneware, hand-built,and covered with grey-white speckled matt glaze stopping short of the base

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.39-1972
Primary reference Number: 74772

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 29 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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