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Mould: C.151-1935

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

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Description

Earthenware, slipped and burnished

Earthenware hard fired, probably hand made and tooled, possibly slipped and burnished.
Shape: oval shape with one end pointed and the other moulded into a face shape. The rim is plain on a body with straight sides except for two ribs at a central point, sits on an irregular foot ring base.
Exterior: The vessel is undecorated with evidence of slipping and burnishing but no remnants of any surface glaze.
Interior: undecorated

Notes

History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased

Legal notes

Purchased with the Glaisher Fund

Measurements and weight

Height: 5.8 cm
Weight: 126 g
Width: 14.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank

Dating

11th-12th Century
Circa 1000 - 1199

School or Style

Seljuk

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Rim Diameter 14.5 cm
Base Diameter 4.8 cm
Exterior

Materials used in production

Slip
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Hand modelling : Earthenware hard fired, probably hand made and tooled, possibly slipped and burnished.

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: remnants of a rectangular paper label with serrated edge

  • Text: “Lent by” (printed in black), “Brangwyn” (typed in black), “68” (hand written in black ink) and “78” (hand written in pencil and crossed through)
  • Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
  • Method of creation: Printed, typed, hand written
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.151-1935
Primary reference Number: 72119
Old number: BP.68

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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