Production:
Unidentified Deruta pottery
(Possibly)
Production:
Unidentified Orvieto pottery
(Possibly)
Pale bufff earthenware tin-glazed greyish-white on both sides. Painted in blue. Six-sided fragment of a dish with part of the rim and curved well. A bird landing on something indeterminate with 'DALENA.' above (probably part of the name MADALENA). The glaze is crazed on both sides.
History note: 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.'
Given by R.C. Bosanquet
Length: 9.3 cm
Width: 8.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1904) by Bosanquet, R. C.
17th Century#
Circa
1600
CE
-
1700
CE
Probably made in Umbria, at either Deruta or Orvieto
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue)
Tin-glazing : Pale buff earthenware tin-glazed greyish-white on both sides, painted in blue
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label with blue printed border
Accession number: C.104-1904
Primary reference Number: 81127
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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