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Tall finned bottle: C.18-2006

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Tall finned bottle

Maker(s)

Potter: Duckworth, Ruth

Entities

Categories

Description

Stoneware, thrown in three sections with attached fin-like handles, brown glaze inside, and cream shading to pale ginger glaze outside

Notes

History note: Henry Rothschild, by whom lent to the Shipley Art Gallery, Prince Cosort Road, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE8 4JB.

Legal notes

Given by Henry Rothschild

Measurements and weight

Height: 16.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2007-07-17) by Rothschild, Henry

Dating

20th Century, third quarter#
Elizabeth II
Production date: circa AD 1960

School or Style

Studio Ceramics
Contemporary Craft

Components of the work

Base Diameter 5.6 cm
Across Fins Width 8 cm
Fins

Materials used in production

brown, and cream shading to pale ginger Glaze
Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Throwing
Glazing (coating)

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.18-2006
Primary reference Number: 131299
Old object number: 1995.168
Entry form number: 819
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 11 December 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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