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Potter: Unknown
Cream fritware painted in blue and incised under a transparent glaze
Cream fritware bowl, wheel thrown, painted in blue and incised under a transparent glaze.
Shape: Finely potted bowl with in-turned rim, bulbous body and low foot ring base.
Interior: Blue painted rim and incised decoration on central roundel comprising scrolls and radiating vertical lines.
Exterior: Incised palmettes and scrolling vegetation on upper body under a blue painted rim. Clear glaze extends to the lower body but not foot ring.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 9.4 cm
Weight: 422 g
Width: 20.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
13th Century
Circa
1200
-
1299
Rim
composed of
pigment
( blue)
Diameter 19.3 cm
Exterior Upper Body
composed of
glaze
( transparent)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( transparent)
Base
Diameter 8.8 cm
Interior Base
Upper Exterior Body
Throwing : Cream fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue and incised under a transparent glaze
Inscription present: Rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Accession number: C.106-1935
Primary reference Number: 71249
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.91
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/71249 Accessed: 2024-11-17 15:55:56
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-17 15:55:56|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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