Current Location: Gallery 33
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
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Description
Fritware coated in black slip carved under a turquoise
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a black slip, carved under a turquoise glaze
Shape: hemispherical bowl with a slightly everted rim, sits on a foot ring.
Interior: on the body, a frieze of palmette leaves is carved on a cross hatch background. In the roundel a griffin is surrounded by scrolling vegetation including split palmettes.
Exterior: black pigment from the interior, stains the rim in places. Glaze covers the surface to the foot ring.
Notes
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Legal notes
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 7.4 cm
Weight: 281 g
Width: 18.3 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1935)
by
Brangwyn, Frank
Dating
12th Century
Circa
1100
-
Circa
1199
School or Style
Seljuk
Components of the work
Interior
composed of
slip
( carved, black)
glaze
( turquoise)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( turquoise, covers the surface to the foot ring, discoloured with black pigment from the interior around rim)
Rim
Diameter 18.3 cm
Base
Diameter 7.7 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a black slip, carved under a turquoise glaze
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around top, bottom and right hand edge
- Text: 'Lent By' (printed); 'Brangwyn' (typed), '139' hand written in black ink, ‘32’, hand written in pencil (crossed through on the right hand side)
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Printed, typed, hand written
- Type: Label
Inscription present: written directly onto object surface
- Text: ‘130’
- Location: Lower body exterior
- Method of creation: Hand written
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.77-1935
Primary reference Number: 76032
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.139?
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Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 25 March 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
