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Fragment: C.6-1904

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery

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Description

Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white on both sides. Painted in manganese. Leaf-shaped curved fragment on a narrow foot, from the base of a bowl. The lower part of a cross, over the monogram 'CP'.

Notes

History note: Excavated near the Duomo in Orvieto where purchased by the donor in 1904.

Legal notes

Given by R.C. Bosanquet

Measurements and weight

Height: 2.7 cm
Length: 9 cm
Width: 6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1904) by Bosanquet, R. C.

Dating

14th Century
15th Century
Medieval
Circa 1350 CE - 1450 CE

Note

The initials have been identified by Ricetti as the signum of the Cartari family, which appears on a terracotta shield on one of the peducci of the vault of a room on the ground floor of their Palazzo near the Duomo in Orvieto. See Ricetti, 2001, pl. XVb.

School or Style

maiolica arcaica

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( manganese)

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white on both sides; painted in manganese.

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.6-1904
Primary reference Number: 80873

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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