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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, carved under a clear glaze
Buff fritware, wheel thrown, with carved decoration under a clear glaze.
Shape: Conical bowl, finely potted, with plain rim and foot ring
Interior: Frieze of carved decoration on the upper body comprising bird-like animals surrounded by scrolling vegetation and delimited above and below by a pair of concentric lines. The freeze is pierced at irregular intervals to form open work design now obscured by glaze, possibly decayed.
Exterior: Piercing obscured by glaze resulting in lumpy appearance of upper body.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Weight: 186 g
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century-13th Century
Circa
1100
CE
-
1299
CE
Rim
Diameter 9 cm
Interior Upper Body
Upper Body
Throwing
: Buff fritware, wheel thrown, with carved decoration under a clear glaze.
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: hand written inscription in pencil directly onto plaster restoration base
Accession number: C.150-1935
Primary reference Number: 72104
Old number: BP.72
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 fragment" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72104 Accessed: 2024-11-22 02:30:41
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-22 02:30:41|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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