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Fragment: C.93-1904

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown (Probably)

Entities

  • Fragment
  • fragment of the top of a religious artefact

Categories

Description

Fragment of the top of a religious artefact, perhaps a Holy Water Stoup. Buff earthenware, moulded in relief on the front with a seated figure of a Saint or of Christ with a halo, surrounded by a mandorla. Tin-glazed greyish-beige overall, the back extremely speckled with grey. Painted in dark pink, yellow, and brown.
Approximately oval with a wavy edge, broken horizontally across the bottom.
The mandorla is dark pink with a brown line round the outside. The halo is yellow.

Notes

History note: One of a group of sherds, acquired by R.C. Bosanquet in Orvieto in 1904 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

Depth: 1.8 cm
Height: 4.2 cm
Width: 4.0 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1700 CE - 1800 CE

Note

Umbria or Lazio

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in dark pink, yellow, and brown)
Front

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

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

  • Text: H 14
  • Location: On back
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in red ink
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.93-1904
Primary reference Number: 81117
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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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