Production:
Unidentified Deruta pottery
(Probably)
Production:
Unidentified Orvieto pottery
(Perhaps)
Two joined fragments of a dish rim. Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides. Painted in blue and silver-yellow lustre.
Fragment with three straightish sides and a length of curved, slightly upturned outer edge.
The upper ends of a ray and plant with buds border, with a blue band flanked by two lustre bands over blue bands above.
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.'
Length: 6.4 cm
Width: 2.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1904) by Bosanquet, R. C.
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1500
CE
-
1550
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( in blue) reduced pigment lustre ( silver-yellow lustre)
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides. Painted in blue and silver-yellow lustre.
Inscription present: rectangular with blue border
Accession number: C.29-1904
Primary reference Number: 80903
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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