Dish
1954 (made)
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Dish of lead glazed earthenware with a concave surface and steep sides to the foot rim, and glazed with white slip on a greenish lead glaze on the face to which is added a grey painted rectangle into which has been incised with a hedgehog sleeping with its snout between its paws.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, slip and lead glazed and incised and painted |
| Brief description | Dish of lead glazed earthenware with a concave surface, steep sides and glazed with white slip, made by Sigmund Pollitzer at Kerameys Pottery, Kyrenia, 1954. |
| Physical description | Dish of lead glazed earthenware with a concave surface and steep sides to the foot rim, and glazed with white slip on a greenish lead glaze on the face to which is added a grey painted rectangle into which has been incised with a hedgehog sleeping with its snout between its paws. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signature on the front |
| Credit line | Given by Sigmund Pollitzer, Esq. |
| Object history | Part of a set of five dishes C.106 to D-1979. A similar set was made in the same year and acquired by Sir Robert Armitage, then Governor of Cyprus, from the artist's exhibition at the British Institute in Nicosia. |
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| Accession number | C.106B-1979 |
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| Record created | November 19, 2008 |
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