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Potter: Unknown
Fritware pierced and coated with a blue glaze, painted with red, brown and white and gilded.
Fritware, wheel thrown, pierced and coated in a blue glaze painted with red and white and gilded.
Shape: bi-conical bowl with a collar on the exterior of the rim and sitting on a low, wide foot ring.
Interior: on the rim a band of vertical lines and diamonds form a pseudo-calligraphic frieze, delimited by a concentric line. On the body, heart shaped cartouche with pendant finials are joined by arches to fleurs de lis, the centre of both of these shapes are pierced, forming a circular shape. On the base emanating from a four part rosette, further arches form oval shapes at their crossing points and enclose further, smaller rosettes. All decoration is gilded with red outlines and is surrounded by white scrolls; on the rim the remanants of a brown background are visible.
Exterior: piercing from the interior is visible, otherwise undecorated except for a blue glaze that covers the surface except for the rim of the foot ring and small areas on the lower body.
Purchased from the Glaisher Fund
Height: 9 cm
Weight: 351 g
Width: 20 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century, Late-13th Century, Early#
Circa
1170
CE
-
Circa
1220
CE
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( blue, covers the surface except for the rim of the foot ring and small areas on the lower body.)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( blue)
pigment
( red, brown, white)
gold leaf
Rim
Diameter 20 cm
Base
Diameter 8.4 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, pierced and coated in a blue glaze painted with red and white and gilded.
Inscription present: Rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge, a black rectangular border printed around the edge
Accession number: C.137-1935
Primary reference Number: 71884
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD-59
Old number: BP.65
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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