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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in blue under a white glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue under a transparent white glaze.
Shape: hemispherical bowl with slightly out-turned rim, sits on a low, wide foot ring
Interior: the rim is painted with a concentric blue band. Blue lines, occupying all the body, radiate from a central blue dot on the base.
Exterior: blue lines radiate from the base towards the rim. Glaze runs over the surface unevenly to the lower body and top of the foot ring.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 8.8 cm
Weight: 292 g
Width: 21.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
-
Circa
1220
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( blue)
glaze
( white, transparent, runs over the surface unevenly to the lower body and top of the foot ring)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue)
glaze
( white, transparent)
Rim
Diameter 21.3 cm
Base
Diameter 8 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue under a transparent white glaze
Inscription present: rectangular white paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Inscription present: pink paper label with serrated edges printed
Inscription present: written in pencil directly onto the object surface
Accession number: C.100-1935
Primary reference Number: 71120
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.90
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) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71120 Accessed: 2024-04-20 15:47:57
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71120
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-20 15:47:57|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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/objects/object-71120
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/aa15/C_100_1935_281_29.jpg"
alt="Bowl"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Accession Number: C.31-2013
Accession Number: E.277.1932
Accession Number: O.5-2017
Accession Number: E.132.1903
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