Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Production:
Unidentified Orvieto pottery
(Probably)
Entities
Categories
Description
Three joined fragments of the upper part of a jug. Pale buff earthenware, lead-glazed brown on the interior and tin-glazed pale grey on the exterior; the glaze running over onto the inside of the neck. Painted in dark blue.
Trilobate mouth, upper part of the sides and back with upper end of the handle, the front missing from a short distance below the lip. The front is decorated with the upper part of a ladder frame with on each side, projecting tufts and stylised flowers on stalks.
Notes
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.' Bosanquet visited Orvieto in late July 1904.
Legal notes
Given by R.C. Bosanquet
Measurements and weight
Height: 7.8 cm
Width: 9.0 cm
Place(s) associated
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1904)
by
Bosanquet, R. C.
Dating
15th Century#
Circa
1450
CE
-
1500
CE
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( in dark blue)
Interior
composed of
lead-glaze
Exterior
composed of
tin-glaze
Materials used in production
Earthenware
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular with blue border
- Text: I 14
- Method of creation: Inscribed in red ink
- Type: Label
- Text: 111
- Location: On interior
- Method of creation: In pencil
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.113-1904
Primary reference Number: 81137
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 21 March 2017
Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
