© Museu Comarcal de l'Urgell-Tàrrega
Omeka ID 1177
Carrer de la Font 7-9
Medieval and modern

bowl

MCUT 4655

Object type
porringer
Production date
1300 / 1350
Fabric
white ware
Museum
Museu Comarcal de l'Urgell-Tàrrega
Culture
Medieval and modern
Discovery location
Carrer de la Font 7-9
Materials
pottery
Township
Tàrrega (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Lleida, Urgell)
Technique
wheel-thrown
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
31 x 83 mm
Description
Small earthenware bowl related with the archaic ware directly linked to the city of Barcelona and its geographical area during the thirteenth century. Oxidised fabric with an ochre hue, a tin varnish covers the inside of the recipient. It has a central motif consisting of a six-pointed star in manganese on a white background tin glaze. A hemispherical bowl with flat bottom. Its functionality could have been to keep liquids hot or cold.