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Maiolica. Part of a jug. Unknown maker, Italy, Tuscany, Siena. Bulbous body with a short narrow neck which expands slightly towards the rim, and is pinched at the front to form a lip; the handle is missing. On the front, there is a castle on a hill painted in blue and manganese with groups of three blue dots in the background, surrounded by an oval line and a green and yellow bound laurel wreath with blue and yellow `bull's eye' motifs at the top and bottom. On either side, wavy manganese ribbons extend towards the back of the jug. Earthenware, tin-glazed. Painted in blue, green, orange, and manganese, height, whole, 34.5 cm, diameter, base, 14.5 cm, width, at widest, 25.4 cm, circa 1490-1520. Renaissance
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