Lidded Pot
Potter: Batterham, Richard
Speckled grey stoneware, thrown, shaped, and incised, the interior, deorative band on the exterior, and cover covered with translucent, crazed, greenish-grey glaze, the lower part of the jar with dark-brown iron-glaze; base and underside of the flange of the cover, unglazed. Ovoid with four angles at the shoulder, a projecting band above, and an everted, flat-topped rim domed cover with a swirl in the centre, and a flanged edge. Below the rim of the jar there is a double row of tooled triangles creating a border pattern. A pair with C.79 & A-1992
History note: Purchased at Bonhams, with aid of a grant from W. & F. C. Bonham Ltd, by John Keatley for the Contemporary Art Society, 15 November 1990 (lot 314; pair); presented to The Fitzwilliam Museum, June 1992
Given by the Contemporary Art Society
Diameter: 19.5 cm
Height: 22.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1992) by Contemporary Art Society
Decoration
base and underside of the flange of the cover, unglazed
Glaze
Stoneware
Throwing
: Speckled grey stoneware, thrown, shaped, and incised, the interior, chatter-tooled band on the exterior, and cover covered with translucent, crazed, greenish-grey glaze, the lower part of the jar with dark-brown iron-glaze; base and underside of the flange of the cover, unglazed
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: brown square label
Accession number: C.80 & A-1992
Primary reference Number: 76079
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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