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Potter: Unknown
Fritware pierced and painted in black and blue under a colourless glaze
Fritware, possibly wheel thrown, pierced and painted in black and blue under a colourless glaze
Shape: hemispherical bowl with a plain rim on a low foot ring, a central dome protrudes on the interior base.
Interior: the rim is painted with groups of three black dashes. On the upper body, diagonal and curvilinear lines are pierced. Radiating from the central dome, a black star pattern is painted. Glaze coverage is uneven, especially on the upper body.
Exterior: undecorated except for the pierced decoration from the interior visible on the upper body. Glaze has slight impurities; the foot ring is unglazed but the underside is glazed.
Given by Charles Davis
Height: 6.6 cm
Weight: 297 g
Width: 19 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1909) by Davis, Charles
17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early#
Circa
1675
-
Circa
1722
Lower Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
Rim
Diameter 19 cm
Base
Diameter 6.4 cm
Upper Body
coverage uneven on interior body, foot ring is unglazed but the underside of base is glazed
Glaze
Fritware
Throwing
: Fritware, possibly wheel thrown, pierced and painted in black and blue under a colourless glaze
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.7-1909
Primary reference Number: 75895
Old object number: C,144a-1909
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/75895 Accessed: 2024-12-22 22:59:14
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|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 22:59:14|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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