Potter: Mathews, Heber
Stoneware, thrown and decorated internally with cream slip scraped away to reveal the body which appears pinkish under the clear glaze clouded with white (tin-oxide?); the rim is encircled by an iron-brown line. Circular with deep sloping sides, standing on a footring which is unlazed. The decorationcomprises concentric circles of different widths, the widest, near the rim, scraped to produce closely placed finger shapes. The glaze on the reverse is streaky.
Given by Miss Monica Mathews, the potter's sister
Height: 13.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1984) by Mathews, Monica, Miss
20th Century, Mid
George VI
Elizabeth II
Circa
1949
CE
-
1959
CE
Inside And Outside
composed of
glaze
( clear clouded with white, possibly tin-oxide; footring and area within it unglazed)
Decoration
composed of
slip
Rim
Diameter 46.5 cm
Interior
Inscription present: the 13 is on the left side of label
Accession number: C.407-1984
Primary reference Number: 74946
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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