Production:
Unknown
(Probably)
Production:
Unidentified Orvieto pottery
(Possibly)
Fragment of a bowl centre. Pale red earthenware, the exterior streaked with tin-glaze or white slip and covered with a clear lead-glaze; the inside tin-glazed and painted in blue and orange. Approximately two-thirds of the slightly concave base and part of the curved side of the bowl. A central medallion containing a stylised flower and orange dots, surrounded by three concentric blue circles and a small part of three more.
History note: One of a group of sherds with a note '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.' R.C. Bosanquet, MA.
Given by R.C. Bosanquet
Height: 2.4 cm
Length: 8.9 cm
Width: 5.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1904) by Bosanquet, R. C.
15th Century, Late
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1480
CE
-
1550
CE
Probably Umbria or Lazio
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue and orange)
Exterior
composed of
lead-glaze
Inside
composed of
tin-glaze
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label with blue border
Accession number: C.83-1904
Primary reference Number: 81107
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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