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Bowl: C.25-1981

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Potter: Leach, David
Pottery: Lowerdown Pottery

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Description

Stoneware with combed decoration and tenmoku glaze

Stoneware, thrown, with combed decoration and brown/black tenmoku glaze. The circular bowl stands on a narrow footring. The sides curve outwards and upwards in a convex curve and flare outwards and upwards slightly towards the rim. The sides

Legal notes

Given by Mrs Zoë Ellison

Measurements and weight

Height: 8.4 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Bovey Tracey

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1981) by Ellison, Zoë, Mrs

Dating

20th Century, third quarter#
Elizabeth II
Production date: circa AD 1973

School or Style

Studio Ceramics

Components of the work

Rim Diameter 13.7 cm
Decoration

Materials used in production

brown and black Tenmoku glaze
Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Stoneware, thrown, tenmoku glazed, and combed
Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: DL with the D inside the L in a square seal

  • Text: DL
  • Location: On base inside footring
  • Method of creation: Impressed on seal
  • Type: Maker's mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.25-1981
Primary reference Number: 73647

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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