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Potter: Unknown (Probably)
Fritware with carved decoration under a clear glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown with carved decoration under a clear, highly crazed glaze
Shape: conical bowl, finely potted, with a plain rim and a disc base cut away on the underside
Interior: Incised into the surface of the upper body, under the glaze, a frieze of scrolling stems with leaves is enclosed above and below by a pair of concentric lines. Another concentric line is incised at the point where the body meets the foot.
Exterior: glaze runs over the surface onto the lower body.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 6.8 cm
Weight: 222 g
Width: 19.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century-13th Century
Circa
1100
CE
-
1299
CE
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( clear, crazed, yellowing)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( clear, crazed, yellowing)
Rim
Diameter 19.5 cm
Base
Diameter 6.8 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, with carved decoration under a clear, highly crazed glaze
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around top and right hand edge
Accession number: C.167-1935
Primary reference Number: 72424
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
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" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72424 Accessed: 2024-11-17 15:48:10
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72424
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-17 15:48:10|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-72424
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
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<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa13/C_167_1935_281_29.jpg"
alt="Bowl"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
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