Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)
Pinkish-buff earthenware, thickly potted, tin-glazed pale grey on both sides. Painted in greyish-blue. Irregularly-shaped, concave fragment of a dish or bowl with a small area of the base. 'ROSANA.C.' between pairs of horizontal lines, with part of a flower above.
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
Depth: 1.1 cm
Length: 8.8 cm
Width: 7.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1904) by Bosanquet, R. C.
16th Century
17th Century#
Circa
1500
CE
-
1800
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( in greyish-blue)
Tin-glazing : Pinkish-buff earthenware tin-glazed pale grey on both sides. Painted in greyish-blue.
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label with blue printed border
Accession number: C.105-1904
Primary reference Number: 81128
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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