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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, pierced and carved and painted in blue under a transparent white glaze
Cream fritware, wheel thrown, carved and pierced to form an open work frieze and painted in blue; covered with a transparent white glaze.
Shape: finely potted carinated bowl with plain rim, seated on a slightly flaring foot ring base with flaring profile.
Interior: rim is painted with blue pigment under the glaze. On the upper body, three concentric lines of circular holes are pierced forming part of the open work pattern designed to be viewed from the exterior. A dot of blue is painted on the centre of the base.
Exterior: blue paint on the rim interior continues along the vessel exterior. On the neck a cable pattern is carved and pierced forming an open work design. Exterior is also covered with a transparent glaze up to a mid way point on the foot ring base.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased.
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 7.9 cm
Weight: 200 g
Width: 15.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century
Circa
1100
-
1199
Rim
composed of
pigment
( blue)
Diameter 15.0 cm
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( transparent)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( transparent)
Base
Diameter 5.8 cm
Interior Upper Body
Upper Body
Throwing : Cream wheel thrown fritware with an open work frieze on the upper body and blue pigment on the rim and interior base; covered with a transparent glaze
Inscription present: rectangular white paper label, lower and right edge serrated, printed in black with a rectangular outline enclosing the text
Accession number: C.101-1935
Primary reference Number: 71136
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.110
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/71136 Accessed: 2024-11-02 18:25:57
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|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-02 18:25:57|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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