After a quick coffee stop we headed to the museum of regional ceramics in Deruta.
There were a vast array of pots here, on many levels. The museum felt a bit like a labyrinth, with all sorts of pots on display. My favorites, and the ones I mostly pictured, were the older pots. Some of the designs are so cartoonish and ridiculous.
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| Outside the cafe: a serious game of cards on a serious table top. |
On to the ceramica!
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| Blank dish, same shape as the decorated on above. |
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| Another blank on display. |
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| What a nose! |
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| There are no words. What was she thinking? What was the potter thinking? |
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| Umbria, 14th Century. |
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| Yes! |
They also had some more modern pots:
After Deruta we headed to Assissi where they are mad about religion rather than pots.
Here are a couple of sample pics from the gift shop of one of the churches.
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| Tasteful. |
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| Four hundred an ten euros! |
It was time to clean the statues too, something I didn't realise went on at all. No pictures allowed of course.
And finally, as a counterpoint to the pots and the relics, here is a meaty street shop window.
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| Lots of wild hog products. |
