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Potter: Unknown
Fritware with open-work decoration, covered in a white glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown with carved open-work decoration, covered in a white glaze
Shape: hemispherical bowl, with slightly everted rim, sits on a low foot ring
Interior: carved cable pattern forms open-work decoration on the body. Glaze pools slightly in the base where it is cracked.
Exterior: pierced from the interior, as a result of open-work decoration. Glaze runs over the surface and partially covers the foot ring.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher fund
Height: 5.5 cm
Weight: 11.4 cm
Weight: 109 g
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century, Late-13th Century, Early#
Circa
1150
CE
-
Circa
1258
CE
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( white, running over the surface and partially covering the foot ring.)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( white)
Rim
Diameter 11.4 cm
Base
Diameter 3.6 cm
Interior Body
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown with carved open-work decoration, covered in a white glaze
Inscription present: Rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge, a black rectangular border printed around the edge
Accession number: C.96-1935
Primary reference Number: 76459
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.125
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/76459 Accessed: 2024-12-22 09:55:18
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/76459
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 09:55:18|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-76459
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa16/C_96_1935.jpg"
alt="Bowl"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
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