Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Earthenware coated in a white slip painted in black and green under a clear glaze
Pinkish earthenware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white slip painted in black and green under a clear glaze.
Shape: straight sides with a plain rim, on a flat base
Interior: the rim is painted with black dashes. On the body, feint green lines radiate towards the rim. On the base, a black circle with a line crossed through.
Exterior: roughly drawn stylised palmette motifs, separated by vertical green lines, are painted in a horizontal frieze. Glaze and slip extend over the body but do not cover the base.
Notes
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Legal notes
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 4.7 cm
Weight: 152 g
Width: 10.4 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1935)
by
Brangwyn, Frank
Dating
8th Century-9th Century
Circa
700
CE
-
Circa
899
CE
School or Style
Abbasid
Components of the work
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, green)
glaze
( colourless, thin)
slip
( white)
Exterior Body
composed of
slip
( black, green)
glaze
( colourless, thin)
slip
( white)
Rim
Diameter 10.4 cm
Base
Diameter 9.2 cm
Materials used in production
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Pinkish earthenware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white slip painted in black and green 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), '155' hand written in black, ‘18’ hand written in pencil and encircled
- Location: Exterior base
- Method of creation: Printed, typed, hand written
- Type: Label
Inscription present: inscribed directly into the vessel surface
- Text: ‘155’
- Location: Exterior lower body
- Method of creation: Hand written in pencil
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.64-1935
Primary reference Number: 75729
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.155
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
