Production: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Perhaps)
Fragment. See entry C.11 & 12-1904 for full entry.
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
Diameter: 13.2 cm
Height: 5.8 cm
Length: 16.0 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (1904) by Bosanquet, R. C.
Late 15th century
16th century
Circa
1475
CE
-
1600
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( in green, yellow and manganese-brown)
Rim, Interior
Inscription present: rectangular with blue border
Accession number: C.11-1904
Primary reference Number: 80882
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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