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Potter: Unknown
Frtiware, incised and coated in a two shades of blue glaze
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, incised and coated in two shades of blue crazed glaze
Shape: biconical bowl, carinated at the shoulder with a “hammer head” style rim, sits on a low, wide foot ring.
Interior: Lightly incised lines radiate from the roundel under the glaze. A dark blue glaze covers the rim and pools in the roundel, with the remainder a lighter blue.
Exterior: lightly incised lines on the neck appear pseudo-calligraphic. Light blue glaze covers the lower body unevenly, running onto the foot ring. The underside of the foot ring is covered with a turquoise glaze.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 11.3 cm
Weight: 847 g
Width: 22 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
13th Century
Circa
1200
-
Circa
1299
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( blue covers the surface unevenly except for the underside of the foot ring that is turquoise)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( dark blue on rim and roundel, light blue elsewhere)
Rim
Diameter 22 cm
Base
Diameter 9.2 cm
Exterior Neck
Interior Body
Throwing : Fritware, probably wheel thrown, incised and coated in two shades of blue glaze
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Accession number: C.172-1935
Primary reference Number: 72526
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.93
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/72526 Accessed: 2024-11-17 15:59:03
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72526
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-17 15:59:03|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-72526
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa13/C_172_1935_281_29.jpg"
alt="Bowl"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
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