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Potter: Unknown
Earthenware, coated in a white slip incised under a colourless glaze
Pinkish earthenware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white slip incised under a colourless glaze
Shape: conical bowl on a disc base
Interior: on the interior a frieze of stylised vegetal ornament is contained within concentric lines.
Exterior: undecorated except for the remnants of slip and glaze on the body.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 5.1 cm
Weight: 92 g
Width: 11.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century-13th Century
Circa
1100
-
1299
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( colourless, almost worn away, iridescent)
slip
( white)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( colourless, almost worn away, iridescent)
slip
( white)
Rim
Diameter 11.6 cm
Base
Diameter 5.7 cm
Throwing : Reconstructed from six fragments with plaster restoration of a section of the rim
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around top and right hand edge
Accession number: C.48-1935
Primary reference Number: 75249
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.174
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/75249 Accessed: 2024-11-22 01:38:55
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|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-22 01:38:55|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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