Black-tipped apricot-flushed bowl: C.10-1979

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Black-tipped apricot-flushed bowl

Maker(s)

Potter: Rogers, Mary Elizabeth

Entities

Categories

Porcelain

Description

Porcelain, hand-formed, with matt apricot-flushed glaze. The bowl stands on a small circular foot from which the walls rise outwards in a curve towards the rim which is slightly everted and has irregular, tattered edges. The pale buff surface is delicately flushed with apricot, and the rim is outlined in black

Notes

History note: Purchased after exhibition at Kettles Yard, Cambridge, June 1979, no. 213

Legal notes

Purchased with the Applied Arts Duplicates Fund and a 50% grant from the Eastern Arts Association

Measurements and weight

Height: 9.4 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

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Place(s) associated

Loughborough ⪼ Leicestershire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1979-07-16) by Rothschild, Henry, Associates Ltd

Dating

Late 20th Century
Elizabeth II
Production date: circa AD 1978

School or Style

Studio Ceramics

Materials used in production

Glaze
Porcelain

Techniques used in production

Hand-forming : Porcelain, hand-formed, with matt apricot-flushed glaze
Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

Text: MER
Location: On foot
Method of creation: Incised
Type: Maker's mark

References and bibliographic entries

British Studio Pottery, the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection page(s): 239
British Studio Potters' Marks page(s): 432

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.10-1979
Primary reference Number: 81920
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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