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Fragment: C.79-1904

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Possibly)
Production: Unknown (Uncertain)

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Description

Pale red earthenware, lead-glazed greyish-green on the interior, and tin-glazed creamy-white on the exterior. Painted in blue, green, yellow, and orange. Irregularly-shaped convex fragment of the front of a jug with throwing ridges on the interior. Part of the frontal medallion containing part of an orange cross flanked by upward pointing orange arrows, and on the right an orange 'S' surrounded by blue tendrils or loops. (Probably an IHS motif).On the right is a green and a yellow line, and a small part of the blue 'ladder' frame.

Notes

History note: One of a group of sherds, acquired by R.C. Bosanquet accompanied by a label stating: ‘Mostly bought at Orvieto; some pieces, marked P on the back, from Perugia. The Orvieto pieces, with a few exceptions, were found in excavating foundations for houses near Cathedral.’

Legal notes

Given by R.C. Bosanquet

Measurements and weight

Height: 2.0 cm
Length: 10.0 cm
Width: 6.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Orvieto ⪼ Umbria ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

16th Century
Circa 1500 CE - 1600 CE

Note

The Sacred Trigram, the initials IHS, were frequently used as decoration in the medallion on the front of maiolica jugs in the late 15th and 16th century

School or Style

Renaissance

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in blue, green, yellow, and orange)
Interior composed of lead-glaze
Exterior composed of tin-glaze

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Pale red earthenware, thrown, lead-glazed greyish-green on the interior, tin-glazed creamy-white on the exterior, and painted in blue, green, yellow, and orange

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label with blue printed border

  • Text: G 15
  • Location: On inside
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in red ink
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.79-1904
Primary reference Number: 81102
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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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