Production:
Unidentified Orvieto pottery
(Probably)
Production:
Unknown
(Possibly)
Fragment of a bowl centre. Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides, the reverse, pale greyish-white. Painted in greyish-blue, yellow, and brownish-orange. The narrow, concave foot, and part of the centre of the bowl.
A central medallion filled by a multi-petalled flower. Outside this is a greyish-blue band, and the ends of several small motifs, perhaps grotesques, on a white ground.
History note: One of a group of sherds, accompanied by a label, '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
Width: 6.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1904) by Bosanquet, R. C.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( in greyish-blue, yellow, and brownish-orange)
Foot
Diameter 0.5 cm
Throwing
: Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides, the reverse, pale greyish-white. Painted in greyish-blue, yellow, and brownish-orange.
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label with blue printed border
Accession number: C.80-1904
Primary reference Number: 81103
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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