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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed off-white on both sides. Painted in manganese and green.
Flat, irregularly shaped, oblong fragment. A small area of cross-hatching and a green spot on a stalk beside two curved lines.
History note: According to a label accompanying a group of fragments including this one given by R.C. Bosanquet they were 'Mostly bought at Orvieto; some pieces (marked P at back) from Perugia. The Orvieto pieces, with a few exceptions were found in excavating foundations for houses near the Cathedral.' Bosanquet visited Orvieto in late July 1904.
Given by R.C. Bosanquet
Length: 4.8 cm
Width: 3.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1904) by Bosanquet, R. C.
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1300
CE
-
Circa
1400
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( manganese and green)
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, tin-glazed off-white on both sides; painted in manganese and green.
Accession number: C.5A-1904
Primary reference Number: 80872
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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