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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, carved under a white glaze
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, with carved decoration under a white glaze
Shape: flaring conical beaker, descends via a carination onto a low, wide foot ring.
Exterior: scallops on the upper body below a relief concentric band below the rim. On the lower body vertical lines radiate towards a horizontal line just above the carination. Glaze terminates unevenly on the foot ring.
Interior: undecorated, except for glaze.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher fund
Height: 11.2 cm
Weight: 165 g
Width: 11.7 cm
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, terminating unevenly on the foot ring)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( white)
Rim
Diameter 11.7 cm
Base
Diameter 6 cm
Throwing : Fritware, probably wheel thrown, with carved decoration under 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
Inscription present: white oval label, hand written in pencil
Accession number: C.97-1935
Primary reference Number: 76477
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.18
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) "Beaker" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/76477 Accessed: 2024-11-08 11:35:46
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/76477
|title=Beaker
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-08 11:35:46|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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