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Bottle: C.71-1997

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Potter: Constantinidis, Joanna

Entities

Categories

Description

Stoneware, thrown, and lustred by reduction firing. Oval in plan with a slender cylidnrical body which is waisted on one side and curved outwards on the other, with slightly swelling shoulders, and a narrow cylindrical neck. The sides are slightly ridged, and the sholw surface shimmers wiht pale silvery lustre

Notes

History note: Lynne Strover Gallery, Fen Ditton from whom purchased

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Height: 40.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Great Baddow ⪼ Essex ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1997) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

20th Century, Late#
Elizabeth I
Production date: AD 1997

School or Style

Studio Ceramics

Components of the work

Base Width 9.5 cm

Materials used in production

Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Throwing
Reduction firing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: in a circular seal

  • Text: a raised C
  • Location: On the side, near to the base
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Maker's mark

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.71-1997
Primary reference Number: 75882
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 18 August 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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