Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Fritware painted in black and blue under a clear glaze
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in black and blue under a clear, crazed glaze
Shape: cono-segmental bowl with slightly everted rim and low foot ring
Interior: on the rim a dentilated pattern is painted in black. Radiating from the base and occupying the body, a black ‘Maltese’ cross, painted with blue edging, contains Arabic inscriptions (cursive) in reserve. Four panels created by this cross contain, in their upper sections, a black lobbed medallion with cross hatched central lozenge and sprouting ‘V’ shapes containing peacock’s eyes painted on a blue background. These medallions are flanked by black ferns. On the base, within a pair of concentric lines, the narrowest sections of the panels contain black flowers highlighted with blue.
Exterior: all decoration is painted in black, with a concentric band on the rim and circular scrolls with outlined leaves on the body. On the foot ring, glaze runs unevenly over the surface and a clay adhesion indicates contact with another vessel in the kiln.
Notes
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Legal notes
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 7 cm
Width: 17 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1935)
by
Brangwyn, Frank
Dating
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
-
1220
School or Style
Seljuk
Components of the work
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
glaze
( clear, crazed)
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( clear, crazed, glaze runs unevenly over the surface of foot ring)
Rim
Diameter 17 cm
Base
Diameter 6.5 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in black and blue under a clear, crazed glaze
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: radiating design with four vertical black wedges, with edges highlighted in blue and containing an inscription painted in reserve
- Location: Interior body
- Method of creation: Painted in reserve
- Type: Inscription
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around top and right hand edge
- Text: "LENT BY" (printed in black) /Brangwyn (typed in purple) /"No." (printed) "162" (hand written in black); "62 " (hand written in pencil and crossed out); "52" (hand written in pencil)
- Location: Exterior base (underside foot ring)
- Method of creation: Printed, typed, hand written
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.102-1935
Primary reference Number: 71182
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.162
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 25 March 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
