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Fragment: C.4.3-1964

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)

Entities

  • Fragment
  • section from the rim of a bowl with handle

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Description

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides and painted in blue, yellow and orange; the copper-green on the handle may be accidental. Curved section of rim and side of the bowl with a horizontal loop handle on the exterior.
Painted in blue with 6 lines and a dot, above which are blue concentric lines of varying widths, with an orange line c. 1.5 cm from the edge and a yellow line on the edge.

Notes

History note: Probably found in Orvieto. Collection of Signor Avvocato Marcioni & Cavaliere Capitano Lucatelli; purchased from Fenton, Cranbourne St., shortly after their sale at Sotheby's on 16-17 February, 1914, but not included in it.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Bernard Rackham

Measurements and weight

Height: 4.8 cm
Width: 7.0 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1964-03-12) by Rackham, Bernard

Dating

16th Century
Circa 1550 CE - 1600 CE

Note

This bowl, which probably had two handles, is likely to have been made in Orvieto, as found there, but might also have been imported from Deruta.

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in blue, yellow and orange)

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides and painted in blue, yellow and orange; the copper-green on the handle may be accidental.

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.4.3-1964
Primary reference Number: 74843

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

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

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