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Caiger-Smith, Alan
(Potter)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted with scarlet and silver-yellow lustre
Earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed, and painted in scarlet and silvery-yellow reduced-pigment lustre. Circular with deep curved sides, standing on a high foot. The interior is decorated with broad brush strokes forming an abstract design; the exterior with a band of alternately broad and fine brush strokes creating a calligraphic effect. There are two horizontal bands round the foot
History note: Purchased from the potter at Aldermaston, Berkshire
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum with a grant from the Eastern Arts Association
Height: 16.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Given
(1981-04-08)
by
The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Late 20th Century
Elizabeth II
Production date:
AD 1981
Contemporary Craft Studio Ceramics
Decoration
composed of
reduced-pigment lustre
( silvery-yellow)
Rim
Diameter 44.4 cm
Throwing : Earthenware, tin-glazed and painted with scarlet and silver-yellow inglaze reduced-pigment lustre
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: back to front N A over a rectangle with a stroke through it
Accession number: C.39-1981
Primary reference Number: 74774
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Bowl"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74774 Accessed: 2022-05-22 17:10:10
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