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Fragment: C.84-1904

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Deruta pottery (Probably)

Entities

Categories

Description

Fragment of a bowl with deep sides. Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides. Painted in dark blue, orange and a little yellow. Five-sided with part of the side and narrow, sloping rim which is slightly upturned at the edge.
Inside is a geometrical design comprising horizontal bands of decoration: a blue 'ladder', a blue 'rope', a broad zone of scale pattern, a blue 'ladder', a row of alternately orange and white squares, a blue 'rope', and a yellow line on the extreme edge. On the back are narrow vertical blue stripes with vertical rows of small orange strokes or dots between them.

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: 7.9 cm
Width: 6.0 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Deruta ⪼ Umbria ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

16th Century, Early#
Renaissance
Circa 1500 CE - 1520 CE

School or Style

Renaissance

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in dark blue, orange and a little yellow)

Materials used in production

pale buff Earthenware
Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Throwing (pottery technique) : Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides, and painted in dark blue, orange and a little yellow.
Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label with blue printed border

  • Text: H 5
  • Location: On the outside
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in red ink
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.84-1904
Primary reference Number: 81108
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 21 March 2017 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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