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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Buff earthenware, the reverse lead-glazed yellowish-brown except for the base; the front tin-glazed greyish-white. Painted in black and green.
Irregularly shaped curved fragment on a narrow foot.
Part of a plant with three leaves.
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.' Bosanquet visited Orvieto in late July 1904.
Given by R.C. Bosanquet
Height: 2.9 cm
Width: 9.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1904) by Bosanquet, R. C.
13th Century
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1250
CE
-
1400
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( black and green)
Reverse
composed of
lead-glaze
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
Accession number: C.4-1904
Primary reference Number: 80870
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Fragment" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/80870 Accessed: 2025-05-02 07:40:37
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