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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, coated in a white and blue glaze painted with lustre
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white and blue glaze painted with lustre.
Shape: hemispherical bowl with a plain rim, sits on a foot ring
Interior: the rim is painted with a band of lustre. On the body, radiating panel design comprising blue Maltese cross painted with lustre lines and dashes. Between the arms of this cross panels contain either scrolling half palmettes or arabesques reserved in lustre.
Exterior: lustre band continues on the rim, on the upper body an inscription is painted in lustre. Glaze runs over the surface, terminating on the upper foot ring where it is heavily pitted. Spots of glaze are present on the under side of the foot ring.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 6.5 cm
Weight: 184 g
Width: 15.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century, Late
Circa
1170
CE
-
Circa
1199
CE
Monumental style
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( blue, runs over the surface, terminating on the upper foot ring where it is heavily pitted. Spots of glaze are present on the under side of the foot ring)
oxide colours
( lustre)
Interior
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( white, blue)
Rim
Diameter 15.3 cm
Base
Diameter 5.8 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white and blue glaze painted with lustre
Accession number: C.114-1935
Primary reference Number: 71406
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.77
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/71406 Accessed: 2024-12-18 18:35:25
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71406
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-18 18:35:25|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-71406
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
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<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/C_114_1935_281_29.jpg"
alt="Bowl"
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<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
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