Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Earthenware coated in cream slip painted in three colours under a clear glaze
Brown earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a cream slip painted in black, green and yellow under a clear glaze.
Shape: conical bowl with slightly in-turned rim sits on a disc base
Interior: coated in a white slip painted in green on the rim. On the body, a lion is painted in mottled yellow surrounded by green scrolling vegetation, all out-lined in black. Covered with a crazed, colourless glaze that has bubbled in discrete areas.
Exterior: the upper body is covered in a cream slip, coloured with green on the rim and covered with a colourless glaze.
Notes
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Legal notes
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 7.2 cm
Weight: 465 g
Width: 18.3 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1935)
by
Brangwyn, Frank
Dating
20th Century, Early
Circa
1900
-
1925
Note
Appears to imitate 'Aghkand wares' with incised decoration as well as underglaze paint
School or Style
modern reproduction
Components of the work
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, green, yellow)
glaze
( colourless)
slip
( cream)
Exterior Upper Body
composed of
glaze
( colourless)
slip
( cream)
pigment
( green)
Rim
Diameter 18.1 cm
Base
Diameter 7.5 cm
Materials used in production
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Brown earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a cream slip painted in black, green and yellow under a clear glaze
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
- Text: 'Lent By' (printed); 'Brangwyn' (typed), ‘165’ (hand written in black), ‘11’( hand written in pencil, encircled)‘6’ (in pencil, crossed through).
- Location: Exterior base
- Method of creation: Printed, typed, hand written
- Type: Label
Inscription present: written directly into vessel surface
- Text: '165'
- Location: Lower body
- Method of creation: Hand written in black
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.49-1935
Primary reference Number: 75284
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: B.165
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 25 March 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
