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Potter: Unknown
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.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 7.4 cm
Weight: 281 g
Width: 18.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century
Circa
1100
-
Circa
1199
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
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a black slip, carved under a turquoise glaze
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around top, bottom and right hand edge
Inscription present: written directly onto object surface
Accession number: C.77-1935
Primary reference Number: 76032
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.139?
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/76032 Accessed: 2024-11-22 00:58:40
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/76032
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-22 00:58:40|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-76032
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alt="Bowl"
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<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
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