Current Location: Gallery 33
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
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.
Notes
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Legal notes
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 10.6 cm
Weight: 368 g
Width: 19 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1935)
by
Brangwyn, Frank
Dating
12th Century
Circa
1100
-
Circa
1199
School or Style
Seljuk
Components of the work
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
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue, carved and pierced under a transparent, cracked white 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), "4" (hand written in black), "54" and "58" (hand written in pencil)
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Printed, typed, hand written
- Type: Label
Inscription present: inscribed directly into the pot surface
- Text: 4
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Hand written in pencil
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
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
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
