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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Pale buff earthenware, the interior with a very thin covering of yellowish-brown lead-glaze; the upper part of the exterior tin-glazed ivory-white. Painted in manganese-black and green.
Convex with irregular outline.
The lower part of a shield with a green edge, charged with three manganese bendlets sinister.
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.'
Given by R.C. Bosanquet
Length: 11.2 cm
Width: 7.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1904) by Bosanquet, R. C.
13th Century
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1250
CE
-
1350
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese-black and green)
Interior
composed of
lead-glaze
Exterior
composed of
tin-glaze
Accession number: C.9-1904
Primary reference Number: 80877
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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