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Fragment: C.9-1904

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery

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Description

Pale buff earthenware, the interior with a very thin covering of yellowish-brown lead-glaze; the upper part of the exterior tin-glazed ivory-white. Painted in manganese-black and green.
Convex with irregular outline.
The lower part of a shield with a green edge, charged with three manganese bendlets sinister.

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

Length: 11.2 cm
Width: 7.4 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Orvieto ⪼ Umbria ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

13th Century
14th Century
Medieval
Circa 1250 CE - 1350 CE

School or Style

maiolica arcaica

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Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( manganese-black and green)
Interior composed of lead-glaze
Exterior composed of tin-glaze

Materials used in production

Earthenware

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.9-1904
Primary reference Number: 80877
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 11 August 2016 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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