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Potter: Unknown
Earthenware coated in a white glaze painted in blue
Earthenware, wheel thrown, covered in a white glaze painted in blue.
Shape: hemispherical bowl with an everted rim sits on a very low foot ring
Interior: a palmette tree with hatched leaves and trunk is flanked by two rows of leaves arranged in a wreath.
Exterior: undecorated except for the glaze
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 6.7 cm
Weight: 327 g
Width: 20.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
9th Century
Circa
800
CE
-
Circa
899
CE
Rim
Diameter 20.4 cm
Base
Diameter 8.6 cm
blue
Pigment
opaque, white
Glaze
Earthenware
Throwing
: Earthenware, wheel thrown, covered in a white glaze painted in blue
Painting overglaze
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Inscription present: pink paper label, torn with only a small section remaining
Accession number: C.61-1935
Primary reference Number: 75639
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.163
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/75639 Accessed: 2024-11-05 03:43:52
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University of Cambridge}}
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