Plate fragment
This is part of a plate or dish which was made in the Conrado factory, in Albisola, Italy . It was discovered by archaeologists in a mid-17th century household rubbish pit in Rack Street, Exeter and is an example of ‘orientalizzante naturalistico’ decoration.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 300/1988/2174
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit
- Material
- potteryLigurian tin-glazed earthenware
- Common Name
- plate fragment
- Simple Name
- vessel (sherd)
- Period Classification
- Post Medieval (1500-1750)
- Production Year Low
- 1640
- Production Year High
- 1660
