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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white on both sides. Painted in manganese. Leaf-shaped curved fragment on a narrow foot, from the base of a bowl. The lower part of a cross, over the monogram 'CP'.
History note: Excavated near the Duomo in Orvieto where purchased by the donor in 1904.
Given by R.C. Bosanquet
Height: 2.7 cm
Length: 9 cm
Width: 6 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1904) by Bosanquet, R. C.
14th Century
15th Century#
Medieval
Circa
1350
CE
-
1450
CE
The initials have been identified by Ricetti as the signum of the Cartari family, which appears on a terracotta shield on one of the peducci of the vault of a room on the ground floor of their Palazzo near the Duomo in Orvieto. See Ricetti, 2001, pl. XVb.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( manganese)
Tin-glazing : Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white on both sides; painted in manganese.
Accession number: C.6-1904
Primary reference Number: 80873
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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