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Tall Form or Lidded Column: C.30 & A-1985

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Tall Form or Lidded Column

Maker(s)

Potter: Bayle, Pierre

Entities

Categories

Description

Thrown greyish-white earthenware, burnished, coated with a terra sigillata slip, fired, and then given a second smoke firing which produced the variegated surface

Notes

History note: Purchased from Henry Rothschild's exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, European Ceramics and Wall Textures, no. 13

Legal notes

Purchased

Measurements and weight

Height: 59 cm
Width: 23.4 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Narbonne ⪼ France

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-10-21) by Henry Rothschild Associates Ltd

Dating

Production date: AD 1985

School or Style

Studio Ceramics

Materials used in production

slip, crackled and unburnished Engobe
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Slip coating
Throwing

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.30 & A-1985
Primary reference Number: 74299
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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