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Bowl: C.16-2002

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Potter: Green, Alan Spencer

Entities

Categories

Description

Stoneware bowl, with celadon glaze, and carved decoration of a flower head and petals on the interior.

Stoneware, thrown, with carved decoration, and grey-green celadon glaze, stopping short of the lower edge. Circular with curved sides, and slightly everted rim, standing on a narrow, low foot. The interior is carved with a central flower head, and radiating larger curved petals.

Notes

History note: Dr Sydney Smith, Cambridge (St Catherine's College), a former Syndic of the Fitzwilliam; Dr Donald Thomas Kellaway.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Dr. D.T. Kellaway

Measurements and weight

Height: 6.0 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2002) by Kellaway, Thomas Donald, Dr

Dating

20th Century, Late#
Elizabeth II
Circa 1970 CE - 1989 CE

School or Style

Studio Ceramics

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of celadon glaze ( grey-green)
Rim Diameter 13.5 cm
Foot Diameter 4.2 cm

Materials used in production

Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Stoneware, thrown, with carved decoration, and grey-green celadon glaze, stopping short of the lower edge.

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular white paper label

  • Text: 1
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in red biro
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: dark pink rectangular label

  • Text: SS
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in blue biro
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.16-2002
Primary reference Number: 82285
Entry form number: 177
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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