Production:
Unidentified Deruta pottery
(Possibly)
Production:
Unidentified Orvieto pottery
(Possibly)
Fragment of a plate or dish rim. Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides. Painted in dark blue, orange and a little green.
Four-sided fragment of the edge of the rim.
Part of concentric bands of blue laurel, orange stylised leaves and buds, blue herring bone, blue oblique lines over two circles, lozenges alternating with green spots, and blue 'rope' edge. On the reverse, petals filled with transverse orange stripes, and blue triangular lines filled with dots. 'Petal back type'.
History note: Probably found near the Duomo in Orvieto, where purchased by the donor.
Length: 7.1 cm
Width: 4.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1904) by Bosanquet, R. C.
15th Century, Late
16th Century, Early#
Renaissance
Circa
1490
CE
-
1520
CE
Probably Deruta or Orvieto
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in dark blue, orange and a little green)
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides. Painted in dark blue, orange and a little green.
Inscription present: rectangular with blue border
Accession number: C.44-1904
Primary reference Number: 80923
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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