Production: Unidentified Deruta pottery (Probably)
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides. Painted in blue, yellow, orange, and manganese-purple. Three-sided with a moulded raised area on the left end. The lower part (minus feet) of a Saint holding a book, standing against a yellow background with orange striations over it.
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.'
Given by R.C. Bosanquet
Length: 7.1 cm
Width: 5.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1904) by Bosanquet, R. C.
16th Century
17th Century#
Circa
1500
CE
-
1700
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in blue, yellow, orange, and manganese-purple)
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides. Painted in blue, yellow, orange, and manganese-purple.
Inscription present: rectangular with blue border
Accession number: C.118-1904
Primary reference Number: 81142
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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