Slipware bowl with two fishes, by Michael Cardew

An image of Studio Ceramics. Bowl. Cardew, Michael (British, 1901-1983). Earthenware slipware bowl. Decorated with two fishes in a double circle, trailed and brushed in brown over a white slip under an amber glaze. Meanders and circles on the outside. Circa 1934. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

Terms of use

The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use

This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.

Download this image

For further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.

Studio Ceramics. Bowl. Cardew, Michael (British, 1901-1983). Earthenware slipware bowl. Decorated with two fishes in a double circle, trailed and brushed in brown over a white slip under an amber glaze. Meanders and circles on the outside. Circa 1934. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

Image data

Accession Number: C.117-2016
© The estate of Michael Cardew. Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 787 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 120.53kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 19/1

Key words

20th Century _WF_Copyright _WF_Shakeshaft art pottery bowl British Cardew circular earthenware fish Fitz_AA glazed Michael Cardew pottery slip slip-coated slipware studio ceramics umber

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:


            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2026)
            "Slipware bowl with two fishes, by Michael Cardew"
            Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/image/media-210112 Accessed: 2026-01-05 06:52:30

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:


            {{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/image/media-210112
            |title=Slipware bowl with two fishes, by Michael Cardew
            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2026-01-05 06:52:30|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/images/media-210110

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa39/large_C_117_2016_1_201603_kly25_dc2.jpg"
        alt="Bowl"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Slipware bowl with two fishes, by Michael Cardew</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>