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Fragment: C.103-1904

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Deruta pottery (Probably)
Production: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Possibly)

Entities

Categories

Description

Pale buff earthenware, thickly potted and tin-glazed on both sides. Painted in bright blue. Irregularly-shaped four-sided fragment of a dish, with part of a circular depression underneath. A bird standing to the right of a plant over two horizontal lines. Below is part of an inscription 'MARIA.N...'. The glaze has crazed on both sides.

Notes

History note: According to a label accompanying a group of fragments including this one given by R.C. Bosanquet they were 'Mostly bought at Orvieto; some pieces (marked P at back) from Perugia. The Orvieto pieces, with a few exceptions were found in excavating foundations for houses near the Cathedral.'

Legal notes

Given by R.C. Bosanquet

Measurements and weight

Depth: 1.3 cm
Height: 10.9 cm
Width: 9.0 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Deruta ⪼ Umbria ⪼ Italy
  • Orvieto ⪼ Umbria ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century#
Circa 1600 CE - 1700 CE

Note

Probably Umbria, Deruta or Orvieto

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( in bright blue)

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides. Painted in bright blue.

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular with blue border, the 2 crossed out and 4 substituted in black ink

  • Text: I 4 2 (crossed out)
  • Location: On back
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in red and black ink
  • Type: Label
  • Text: MARIA.N...
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.103-1904
Primary reference Number: 81126
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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

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