Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Production:
Unknown
(Probably)
Entities
Categories
Description
Three joined fragments of a dish. Yellowish-buff earthenware, tin-glazed creamy-white on both sides. Painted in blue, green, yellow, and black. Three-sided with part of the shallow well and rim of the dish. Part of a coat-of-arms, the shield charged with two rampant lions flanking a tree or palm, all in yellow with black outlines. The glaze has crazed and the back is stained with brown in patches.
Notes
History note: One of a group of sherds accompanied by a label: 'Mostly bought at Orvieto; some pieces, marked P on the back, from Perugia. The Orvieto pieces, with a few exceptions, were found in excavating foundations for houses near Cathedral.'
Legal notes
Given by R.C. Bosanquet
Measurements and weight
Length: 10.2 cm
Width: 6.8 cm
Place(s) associated
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1904)
by
Bosanquet, R. C.
Dating
17th Century#
Circa
1600
CE
-
1700
CE
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow, and black)
Materials used in production
yellowish-buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Techniques used in production
Tin-glazing
: Yellowish-buff earthenware, tin-glazed creamy-white on both sides, and painted on the front in blue, green, yellow, and black.
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label with blue printed border
- Text: G 7
- Location: On back
- Method of creation: Hand-written in red ink
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.71-1904
Primary reference Number: 80954
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 21 March 2017
Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
