Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)
Pinkish-buff earthenware, tin-glazed white overall except for the base. Painted in dark manganese-brown and pale green.
Irregular three-sided fragment with narrow foot.
Part of a leaf or flower surrounded by cross-hatching.
History note: According to a label accompanying a group of fragments including this one, given by R.C. Bosanquet, they were 'Mostly bought at Orviedto; 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: 2.5 cm
Length: 8.8 cm
Width: 7.0 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 ( dark manganese-brown and pale green)
except for the base
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Tin-glazing : Pinkish-buff earthenware, tin-glazed white overall except for the base; painted in dark manganese-brown and pale green.
Accession number: C.5-1904
Primary reference Number: 80871
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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