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Vase: C.28-1986

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Potter: Blumer, Elsie

Entities

Categories

Description

Porcelain with pale toffee-coloured crystalline glaze. Globular with a very narrow neck and mouth, and flat base

Notes

History note: Cambridge, The Leys School, Midland Potters Association Fifth Selective Exhibition, held October 1986

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Height: 14 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Bognor Regis ⪼ Sussex ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1986) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

20th Century, Late#
Elizabeth II
Production date: circa AD 1986

School or Style

Studio Ceramics

Materials used in production

pale toffee-coloured crystalline Glaze
Porcelain

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Porcelain, thrown, and covered with pale toffee-coloured crystalline glaze
Glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: in approximately square outline

  • Text: H
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Incised
  • Type: Maker's mark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.28-1986
Primary reference Number: 81850
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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