Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Fritware, coated in a blue glaze painted red and buff and gilded
Reddish fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a blue glaze painted in red and buff and leaf gilded
Shape: square rim on a shallow bowl with convex sides sitting on a low foot ring.
Interior: a cross, outlined in red, radiates from a central point, the arms contain friezes of gold lozenges also outlined in red and surrounded by dotted buff ‘V’ shapes. Between the arms, buff triangles contain a central diagonal lines and smaller red triangles. A pair of buff concentric lines below the rim delineates this decoration.
Exterior: on the body, radiating vertical lines are only partially visible due to rep-painting during restoration. Glaze runs unevenly over the lower body and in places onto the foot ring.
Notes
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Legal notes
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 3.6 cm
Weight: 129 g
Width: 10.5 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1935)
by
Brangwyn, Frank
Dating
13th Century, Late-14th Century
Circa
1260
-
1399
School or Style
Il-Khanid
Components of the work
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( blue, runs unevenly over the lower body and in places onto the foot ring)
pigment
( buff (painting overglaze))
Interior
composed of
glaze
( blue)
pigment
( buff, red (painting overglaze))
gold leaf
( gilding)
Rim
Diameter 10.4 cm
Base
Diameter 5.6 cm
Exterior Body
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Reddish fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a blue glaze painted in red and buff and leaf gilded
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular paper label adhered to exterior base with serrated edge on the bottom and right hand edge
- Text: "LENT BY" (printed in black) /Brangwyn (typed in purple) /"No." (printed) "111" (hand written in black); "110 " and "125" (hand written in pencil and crossed out)
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Printed, typed, hand written
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.148-1935
Primary reference Number: 72069
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.111
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
