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Potter: Hughes, Edward (potter)
Stoneware, slab-built in two parts, the interior coated with transparent, speckled grey-green Shin-Asaka glaze; the exterior with dark-brown and red-brown glaze; the cover also trailed with diagonal stripes, and feathered. The base, the lower edge of the sides of the cover, and the upper edge of the sides of the box are unglazed. Square, with both halves of almost the same depth.
History note: Having been thrown out by the potter because of its imperfect condition, it was acquired from him, either by gift or puchase by the donor, Ian Lowe, whose memory fails him on this point
Given by Ian Lowe
Height: 6.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2006-10-09) by Lowe, Ian
20th Century, Late#
Elizabeth I
Production date:
AD 1989
From the last firing at Renwick Pottery before the potter moved to Isel
Decoration
composed of
slip
( white)
Base
Length 15.8 cm
Width 15.8 cm
dark brown and red-brown glaze or iron-bearing slip
Glaze
Stoneware
Slab-building
: Stoneware, slab-built in two parts, the interior coated with transparent, speckled grey-green glaze; the exterior with dark-brown and red-brown glaze; the cover trailed with diagonal stripes, and feathered. The base, the lower edge of the sides of the cover, and the upper edge of the sides of the box are unglazed
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.38 & A-2006
Primary reference Number: 134022
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Box" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/134022 Accessed: 2024-12-18 14:14:51
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