Untitled Pot: C.17-1981

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Untitled Pot

Maker(s)

Potter: Washington, R. J.

Entities

Categories

Stoneware

Description

Grey-buff stoneware, with obvious horizontal throwing marks, decorated with grey and brown glazes, and painted in-glaze in brown. Ovoid, standing on a cylindrical foot, with a cylindrical neck sloping outwards towards the rim. The grey-brown glaze is poured over the pot and runs in dribbles so that some areas of body are visible. A design of abstract anthropomorphic motifs is painted in brown. Some areas of glaze have a lustrous quality.

Notes

History note: Paul Rice Gallery, from which purchased

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum aided by a 50% grant from Eastern Arts Association

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 25 cm
Height: 49 cm

Place(s) associated

Little Baddow ⪼ Essex ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1981-03-09) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

20th Century, third quarter#
Elizabeth II
Production date: AD 1966 : dated 66

School or Style

Studio Ceramics

Components of the work

Exterior composed of glaze
Decoration

Materials used in production

Techniques used in production

Inscription or legends present

Text: RW 66
Location: On foot rim
Method of creation: Incised
Type: Signature and date

Text: As it was in the big bin (T material mixed in)
Location: Loose inside pot
Method of creation: Inscribed in pencil
Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. The Annual Reports of the Syndicate and of the Friends of the Fitzwilliam for the Year ending 31 December 1975
The Work of the Modern Potter page(s): 77-8
British Studio Ceramics in the 20th Century page(s): 80, 82-3, 244
British Studio Pottery, the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection page(s): 260-1
R.J. Washington Potter who got fired up page(s): 24
Obituaries: Robert Washington page(s): 19
Late Celebration page(s): 38-41
Robert J. Washington page(s): 43-6

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.17-1981
Primary reference Number: 72516
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 9 November 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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