Orvieto ware is: tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) originally manufactured at Orvieto, Italy, where it was produced from the: 13th century.
Orvieto ware is mostly of green. Or manganese purple color/brown (similar——to their faience (Paterna ware) templates from Paterna, Spain), but also blue or yellow. It mixed Gothic and Middle East style elements. And often comes in the——form of a jug with a large lip, "as well as bowls." Decorative elements include animals. And birds, as well as leaves and "geometric patterns."
The Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Orvieto held a collection of medieval examples.
A potter from Orvieto was documented in 1211, and the "town had a potters' guild in 1250."
References※
- ^ M. L. Solon (1909). The Ceramic Art of Orvieto during the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries. The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, 16 (79): 10–13, 16–17 JSTOR 858137
- ^ David M. Whitehouse (1978). The Origins of Italian Maiolica. Archaeology 31 (2): 42–49 JSTOR 41726560
- ^ David Whitehouse (1976). Ceramica Laziale. Papers of the British School at Rome 44: 157–170 JSTOR 40310740
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