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Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in black slip, carved under a turquoise glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, partially coated in a black slip, carved under a transparent, crazed turquoise glaze.
Shape: irregular carinated bowl with conical lower body and cylindrical neck with an everted rim. Sits on a foot ring.
Interior: on the body four black palmettes toped with finials are spaced at regular intervals, with an additional, smaller version at the centre of the base. Glaze pools in the base.
Exterior: On the neck a wide band of black is incised with script with fleurs de lys at regular intervals. Glaze runs terminates on the foot ring, where coverage is uneven.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 12 cm
Weight: 587 g
Width: 19.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century
Circa
1100
-
Circa
1199
Interior
composed of
slip
( black, carved, in small areas)
glaze
( turquoise, crazed, transparent)
Exterior Neck
composed of
slip
( black, carved)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( turquoise, terminates on the foot ring, where coverage is uneven)
Rim
Diameter 19.7 cm
Base
Diameter 8.2 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, partially coated in a black slip, carved under a transparent, crazed turquoise glaze
Inscription present: incised through black slip
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Inscription present: written directly onto the object surface
Accession number: C.78-1935
Primary reference Number: 76047
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.1
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76047 Accessed: 2024-11-05 16:48:20
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