Maker: Unidentified Deruta pottery
Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides. Painted in blue and silver-yellow lustre. Rectangular.
A four-petalled stylised flower, scrolls and arabesques.
History note: Probably excavated near the Duomo in Orvieto, where acquired by the donor.
Given by Professor R.C. Bosanquet
Length: 5.2 cm
Width: 4 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1904) by Bosanquet, R. C.
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1500
-
1550
The neat decoration on this fragment suggests that it was made earlier than a dish with analogous decoration C.200-1991 in the Fitzwilliam's collection
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( in blue) reduced pigment lustre ( silver-yellow lustre)
Tin-glazing : Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides. Painted in blue and silver-yellow lustre.
Accession number: C.32-1904
Primary reference Number: 80908
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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