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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in polychrome under a white glaze
Fritware, probably mould made, painted in blue, turquoise, purple and black under a transparent white glaze.
Shape: shallow, flat bottomed dish with a slightly flaring profile and a flat, everted rim. Supported on four lion shaped feet that are applied to the base.
Interior: rim is painted blue. In the roundel a horse, with blue, white and black stripped coat and a saddle, is painted on a background of vegetal foliage of black feathery fronds and polychrome leaves.
Exterior: the body is painted with four blue dots, while two of the feet are also dotted with blue.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 6.2 cm
Weight: 346 g
Width: 18.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
13th Century, Late-14th Century
Circa
1260
-
Circa
1399
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue, turquoise, purple and black)
glaze
( white, transparent)
Exterior Body, Feet
composed of
pigment
( blue)
glaze
( white, transparent)
Base
Diameter 15.7 cm
Rim
Diameter 16.8 cm
Moulding : Fritware, probably mould made, painted in blue, turquoise, purple and black under a transparent white glaze
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Inscription present: pink rectangular label with serrated edge
Accession number: C.103-1935
Primary reference Number: 71198
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.145
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/71198 Accessed: 2024-12-22 17:13:07
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71198
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 17:13:07|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-71198
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/aa14/C_103_1935_281_29.jpg"
alt="Bowl"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
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