Production: Unknown (Perhaps)
Two joined fragments of dish rim. Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides. Painted in blue, green, yellow and dark yellow, and incised through the blue (blue graffito decoration).
Three-sided with the upturned curved rim edge on one side, and part of the well on another.
A touch of green on the side of the well. On the rim, a yellow band, two narrow blue bands, a broad band with incised adjacent Vs with small circles in the spaces above and below, a blue line, and a broad dark yellow band on the edge. The glaze has discoloured browish-on the reverse.
History note: Probably found near the Duomo in Orvieto, where purchased by the donor.
Length: 9.9 cm
Width: 4.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1904) by Bosanquet, R. C.
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1500
CE
-
1550
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in blue, green, yellow and dark yellow)
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides. Painted in blue, green, yellow and dark yellow, and incised through the blue (blue graffito decoration).
Inscription present: rectangular with blue border
Accession number: C.66-1904
Primary reference Number: 80947
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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