Production:
Unidentified Deruta pottery
(Uncertain)
Production:
Unidentified Orvieto pottery
(Uncertain)
Fragment of a bowl centre. Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides. Painted in blue, green, and orange.
Irregularly-shaped, four-sided fragment with part of the convex centre and curved side.
On the inside part of a central medallion with a basket of fruit, surrounded by concentric bands of geometrical motifs. On the base, a blue asterisk. On the side, the lower part of a 'petal back' design: dot-filled blue triangles, and blue petal outlines filled with transverse blue and orange stripes.
History note: Probably found near the Duomo in Orvieto, where purchased by the donor.
Length: 6.3 cm
Width: 6.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1904) by Bosanquet, R. C.
15th Century, Late
16th Century, Early#
Renaissance
Circa
1490
CE
-
1520
CE
Deruta or Orvieto
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in blue, green, and orange)
Tin-glazing : Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides. Painted in blue, green, and orange.
Inscription present: rectangular with blue border (the F written as 7 crossed)
Accession number: C.51-1904
Primary reference Number: 80930
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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