Production:
Unidentified Deruta pottery
(Probably)
Production:
Unidentified Orvieto pottery
(Possibly)
Buff earthenware, the reverse lead-glazed brownish-yellow, the front tin-glazed and painted in greyish blue, dark blue, pale green, yellow, and orange. Four-sided fragment of a dish with part of the well, shallow side, and broad rim which curves up at the edge. In the well is part of a yellow and green background edged by three concentric dark blue circles. On the rim is a band of interlaced arches between pairs of dark blue circles, orange paired leaves, a blue band with oblique dark blue lines over it, and a yellow band round the edge.
History note: One of a group of sherds, acquired by R.C. Bosanquet in Orvieto, accompanied by a label stating: ‘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.’
Given by R.C. Bosanquet
Length: 15.1 cm
Width: 11.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1904) by Bosanquet, R. C.
15th Century, Late
16th Century, Early#
Circa
1490
CE
-
1530
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( greyish blue, dark blue, pale green, yellow, and orange)
Reverse
composed of
lead-glaze
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label with blue printed border
Accession number: C.77-1904
Primary reference Number: 81100
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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