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Potter: Hughes, Edward (potter)
Stoneware, thrown, slip-decorated and reduction-fired
Stoneware, thrown, slip-decorated and reduction fired. Circular with curved sides and narrow upturned sloping rim, standing on a footring. The ground is variegated shades of brown, reddish-brown, and yellowish-brown on both sides. The front (interior) is slip-trailed in reddish-brown with pairs of lines, wavy lines, and small spirals, and there are areas of gold speckles here and there. The base is decorated in reddish-brown with trellis pattern, and on the ouside of the sides there are six fish-shapes, each filled with a wavy line and spots. In the centre of the base there is a small unglazed area.
History note: Purchased from an exhibition of Edward Hughes' work at the Daiwa Foundation, 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, London, held 4 September - 10 October 1997.
Purchased with the J.R.V.Smyth Fund and the Eastern Arts Contemporary Craft Fund
Height: 7.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1997-10-13) by Hughes, Edward
20th Century, Late#
Elizabeth II
Production date:
AD 1997
Decoration
composed of
glaze
slip
Whoe
Diameter 50.1 cm
Throwing
: Stoneware, slip-decorated, glazed, and reduction-fired
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: in roughly square seal
Accession number: C.70-1997
Primary reference Number: 75867
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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