Sabra Wood on sat 1 sep 01
Hi, everyone.
A friend purchased a ceramic plate and would like to know more about it or the maker.
i'm working from a polaroid, so...
FRONT OF PLATE
It's decorated with several colors, mainly in the blues & browns.
The background of the plate is divided into 3 concetric sections, and colored beige
or an orange/brown. these 3 fields are separated with darker lines.
There is a line drawing of an 8-pointed star which radiates from mid-center, partway
to the rim; it is in dark blue. Each of the points is crowned with a rust brown
daub.
The rim of the plate, though smooth, has blue markings which suggest scalloped
edges.
BACK OF PLATE
The back of the plate has the folowing:
Ciaurro
Orvieto
Made in Italy
D6028
The overall colors and decoration suggest majolica, to my uneducated eye.
Sorry that I don't have a scanner...
Thanks in advance for any information on this specific potter or similar work.
I'll forward any responses to my friend.
Sabra Wood
Rochester NY
Marcia Selsor on sun 2 sep 01
Sounds like classic majolica from Ovieto, a big production area of
Italian majolica.
Marcia in Montana
Sabra Wood wrote:
>
> Hi, everyone.
>
> A friend purchased a ceramic plate and would like to know more about it or the maker.
>
> i'm working from a polaroid, so...
>
> FRONT OF PLATE
>
> It's decorated with several colors, mainly in the blues & browns.
>
> The background of the plate is divided into 3 concetric sections, and colored beige
> or an orange/brown. these 3 fields are separated with darker lines.
>
> There is a line drawing of an 8-pointed star which radiates from mid-center, partway
> to the rim; it is in dark blue. Each of the points is crowned with a rust brown
> daub.
>
> The rim of the plate, though smooth, has blue markings which suggest scalloped
> edges.
>
> BACK OF PLATE
>
> The back of the plate has the folowing:
>
> Ciaurro
> Orvieto
> Made in Italy
> D6028
>
> The overall colors and decoration suggest majolica, to my uneducated eye.
>
> Sorry that I don't have a scanner...
>
> Thanks in advance for any information on this specific potter or similar work.
>
> I'll forward any responses to my friend.
>
> Sabra Wood
> Rochester NY
>
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cmhatfield on mon 3 sep 01
Hi Sabra, I suggest you or your friend write to the Tourist Information
Centre, Orvietto, Umbria, Italy and seek more details there. I was in
Orvietto very recently and wanted to see particular potters and the ladies
in the info centre could not have been more helpful.
Colin Hatfield
Pottery Roscrea
Chipping Sodbury
Bristol UK cmhatfield@supanet.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sabra Wood"
To:
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 11:51 AM
Subject: Information on Ciaurro/Orvietto plate?
> Hi, everyone.
>
> A friend purchased a ceramic plate and would like to know more about it or
the maker.
>
> i'm working from a polaroid, so...
>
> FRONT OF PLATE
>
> It's decorated with several colors, mainly in the blues & browns.
>
> The background of the plate is divided into 3 concetric sections, and
colored beige
> or an orange/brown. these 3 fields are separated with darker lines.
>
> There is a line drawing of an 8-pointed star which radiates from
mid-center, partway
> to the rim; it is in dark blue. Each of the points is crowned with a rust
brown
> daub.
>
> The rim of the plate, though smooth, has blue markings which suggest
scalloped
> edges.
>
> BACK OF PLATE
>
> The back of the plate has the folowing:
>
> Ciaurro
> Orvieto
> Made in Italy
> D6028
>
> The overall colors and decoration suggest majolica, to my uneducated eye.
>
> Sorry that I don't have a scanner...
>
> Thanks in advance for any information on this specific potter or similar
work.
>
> I'll forward any responses to my friend.
>
> Sabra Wood
> Rochester NY
>
>
____________________________________________________________________________
__
> Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>
> You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
> settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
>
> Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be reached at
melpots@pclink.com.
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