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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in blue, carved and pierced under a white glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue, carved and pierced under a transparent, cracked white glaze.
Shape: carinated bowl with a plain rim, sits on a flaring foot ring
Interior: the rim is painted blue and on the neck three concentric rows of piercing forms part of the open work pattern. An irregular blue spot of glaze is visible on the base.
Exterior: blue paint continues on the rim. On the neck a cable pattern is carved and pierced forming an open work design. Glaze covers the surface except for the rim of the foot ring.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 10.6 cm
Weight: 368 g
Width: 19 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century
Circa
1100
-
Circa
1199
Rim
composed of
pigment
( blue)
Diameter 19 cm
Base Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue)
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( transparent, white, covers the surface except for the rim of the foot ring)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( transparent, white)
Base
Diameter 8.7 cm
Neck
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue, carved and pierced under a transparent, cracked white glaze
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Inscription present: inscribed directly into the pot surface
Accession number: C.95-1935
Primary reference Number: 76441
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.4
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76441 Accessed: 2024-04-16 12:06:00
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
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|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-16 12:06:00|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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Accession Number: C.31-2013
Accession Number: E.277.1932
Accession Number: O.5-2017
Accession Number: E.132.1903
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