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Potter: Unknown
Earthenware coated in a white slip incised and painted in green under a colourless glaze
Brown earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a white slip incised and painted in green under a colourless glaze.
Shape: conical bowl with a plain rim and a disc base
Interior: coated in a white slip with the rim painted green above a green wavey line. On the body an incised frieze, outlined in green and decorated by groups of green dots, comprises medallions containing stylised birds and separated by arcading. Spandrels and birds are filled with incised spirals. Covered with a colourless glaze; three scar marks on the base indicate use of a tripod stacking device in the kiln.
Exterior: a white slip covers the upper body covered unevenly by patches of green pigment and colourless glaze.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 9 cm
Weight: 362 g
Width: 20 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century
Circa
1100
-
1199
Exterior Upper Body
composed of
glaze
( colourless)
pigment
( green)
slip
( white)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( colourless)
pigment
( green)
slip
( white)
Rim
Diameter 20 cm
Base
Diameter 7.7 cm
Throwing : Brown earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a white slip incised and coloured with green under a colourless glaze
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Accession number: C.51-1935
Primary reference Number: 75351
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: B.60
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/75351 Accessed: 2024-12-18 08:26:58
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75351
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-18 08:26:58|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-75351
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
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<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
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