Potter: Unknown
Frtiware coated in blue glaze painted with lustre
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a blue glaze painted with lustre
Shape: hemispherical bowl on a foot ring
Interior: a radiating lustre star, whose arms enclose seated figures reserved within lozenges, all painted on a blue glaze.
Exterior: the rim is painted with a lustre band, while on the body a frieze of scrolls divided by vertical lines are painted in lustre. Blue glaze covers the surface to the upper section of the foot ring.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 6.2 cm
Weight: 176 g
Width: 16.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century, Late
Circa
1170
CE
-
1200
CE
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( blue, glaze covers the surface to the upper section of the foot ring)
oxide colours
( lustre)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( blue)
oxide colours
( lustre)
Rim
Diameter 16.1 cm
Base
Diameter 7 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a blue glaze painted in lustre
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around top and right hand edge
Inscription present: written directly onto the vessel surface
Accession number: C.115-1935
Primary reference Number: 138555
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.87
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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