Production:
Unidentified Orvieto pottery
(Possibly)
Production:
Unknown
(Uncertain)
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.
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.’
Given by R.C. Bosanquet
Height: 2.0 cm
Length: 10.0 cm
Width: 6.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1904) by Bosanquet, R. C.
16th Century
Circa
1500
CE
-
1600
CE
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
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( in blue, green, yellow, and orange)
Interior
composed of
lead-glaze
Exterior
composed of
tin-glaze
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 present: rectangular white paper stick-on label with blue printed border
Accession number: C.79-1904
Primary reference Number: 81102
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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