Production: Unidentified Savona factory (Probably)
Pale yellowish-buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides. Mottled in manganese and painted in green, yellow, and manganese. Five-sided fragment including the outer edge of the rim, probably of a dish. Part of a shaped reserve containing a fence (?), reserved in a mottled manganese ground. On the extreme outer edge there is a manganese line.
History note: One of a group of sherds, bought by R.C. Bosanquet 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.’
Given by R.C. Bosanquet
Length: 5.2 cm
Width: 3.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1904) by Bosanquet, R. C.
18th Century
Circa
1700
CE
-
1800
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in green, yellow, and manganese)
Tin-glazing : Pale yellowish-buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides. Mottled in manganese and painted in green, yellow, and manganese.
Inscription present: label is missing, but was rectangular with blue border and inscribed I 13 in red ink
Accession number: C.112-1904
Primary reference Number: 81136
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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