IDENTIFIERS
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id:	81117
accession number:	C.93-1904

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 28 March 2017

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Fragment of the top of a religious artefact, perhaps a Holy Water Stoup. Buff earthenware, moulded in relief on the front with a seated figure of a Saint or of Christ with a halo, surrounded by a mandorla. Tin-glazed greyish-beige overall, the back extremely speckled with grey. Painted in dark pink, yellow, and brown.
Approximately oval with a wavy edge, broken horizontally across the bottom.
The mandorla is dark pink with a brown line round the outside. The halo is yellow.
title:	fragment

NOTES
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type: history note
value: One of a group of sherds, acquired by R.C. Bosanquet in Orvieto in 1904 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.’


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by R.C. Bosanquet

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/81117

PEOPLE
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Christ




TECHNIQUES
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tin-glazing

CATEGORIES
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category: tin-glazed earthenware
category: maiolica

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 1.8

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 4.2

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 4.0



CITATIONS
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La ceramica medievale orvietana: la pista americana ed alcune precisazioni
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