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Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in a black slip, carved under a turquoise glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in black slip, carved under a turquoise glaze
Shape: hemispherical bowl with collared rim, sits on a foot ring
Interior: a frieze of palmette leaves on the body radiate from four part rosette on the base. Cross-hatching forms a background for the rosette and fills spandrels around the rim.
Exterior: undecorated except for glaze which pools on the lower body or foot ring.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 9.3 cm
Weight: 459 g
Width: 20.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century
Circa
1100
-
Circa
1199
Interior
composed of
slip
( carved, black)
glaze
( turquoise, transparent)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( turquoise, transparent, pools on the lower body or foot ring)
Rim
Diameter 20.5 cm
Base
Diameter 7.2 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in black slip, carved under a turquoise glaze
Inscription present: pink paper label with serrated edges
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Inscription present: written directly onto object surface
Accession number: C.81-1935
Primary reference Number: 76139
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.92
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/76139 Accessed: 2024-11-14 22:14:58
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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/76139
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-14 22:14:58|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
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