IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 81115 accession number: C.90-1904 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 28 March 2017 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Pale red earthenware, the interior unglazed and with horizontal throwing ridges; the exterior tin-glazed. Painted in blue, green, yellow, and orange. Four-sided and slightly convex fragment of a jug or jar. Probably part of the front medallion and its 'ladder' frame. title: fragment NOTES ----- type: history note value: 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.' Bosanquet visited Orvieto in late July 1904 LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by R.C. Bosanquet STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/81115 TECHNIQUES ---------- pale red earthenware, the interior unglazed and with horizontal throwing ridges; the exterior tin-glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, and orange. throwing CATEGORIES ------ category: tin-glazed earthenware category: maiolica DATING ------ creation date: 1500 - 1600 creation date earliest: 1500 creation date latest: 1600 culture: 16th Century culture: Renaissance CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 6.0 dimension: Width units: cm value: 4.6 CITATIONS -------- La ceramica medievale orvietana: la pista americana ed alcune precisazioni ---