Potter: Godfrey, Ian
Buff stoneware, thrown, decorated with impressed, carved, and applied ornament, and partially covered with matt greyish-buff glaze
Buff stoneware, thrown, decorated with impressed, carved, and applied ornament, and partially covered with matt greyish-buff glaze. Globular body with narrow shoulder and short neck, facetted upward sloping spout, strap handle, two smaller strap handles, and flower-shaped foot the base of which is unglazed. The circular cover has eight scallops round the edge, and a cube-shaped knob. The body is decorated round the foot with a border of impressed circles of two sizes.The edge of the shoulder is decorated with carved overlapping scales, and there are five scales below the spout, and a scale and a stud on both sides of the body. On both sides of the shoulder there are two applied birds with a stud between them, and on the cover, four birds beak to tail, with four studs on the top within them, and four smaller ones on the corners of the knob.
Given by Mrs Zoë Ellison
Height: 11.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1985-01-25) by Ellison, Zoë, Mrs
20th Century, third quarter#
Elizabeth II
Production date:
circa
AD 1971
Decoration
composed of
glaze
( grey)
Handle-spout
Width 18 cm
Body
Accession number: C.1 & A-1985
Primary reference Number: 71108
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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