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Fragment: C.69-1904

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Deruta pottery (Possibly)

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Description

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides. Painted in yellowish-green and brownish-orange. Approximately lozenge-shaped and convex fragment of the side of a bowl (probably) or hollow vessel. On the outside, plants, with a horizontal band above with oblique strokes over it. The glaze on the inside has crazed.

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: 8.8 cm
Width: 7.0 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Deruta ⪼ Umbria ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

16th Century
17th Century#
Circa 1500 CE - 1700 CE

Note

The decoration of this fragment is similar to C.68-1904, a fragment of a bowl

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( yellowish-green and orange)

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides, and painted in yellowish-green and brownish-orange

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular with blue border

  • Text: G 5
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in red ink
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.69-1904
Primary reference Number: 80950
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 28 March 2017 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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