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Fragment: C.46-1904

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Deruta pottery (Possibly)
Production: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)

Entities

Categories

Description

Fragment of the side and rim of a dish. Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides. Painted in blue, green, yellow and orange.
Curved, irregularly-shaped fragment with a small length of the outer edge.
Part of a blue border of a central medallion, radial dividers in blue, orange, and green, and part of a panel of scale pattern. Yellow edge. On the reverse, in blue, continuous Us or scallops. Glaze crazed on the reverse.

Notes

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.'

Measurements and weight

Length: 6.5 cm
Width: 5.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Deruta ⪼ Umbria ⪼ Italy
  • Orvieto ⪼ Umbria ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

15th Century, Late
16th Century, Early#
Renaissance
Circa 1490 CE - 1520 CE

School or Style

Renaissance

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in blue, green, yellow, and orange)

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides. Painted in blue, green, yellow and orange.

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular with blue border (the F written as a 7 crossed)

  • Text: F 10
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in red ink
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.46-1904
Primary reference Number: 80925
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 19 December 2016 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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