Jug: C.19-1991

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery

Entities

• Jug

Categories

• Lead-glazed earthenware

Description

Late Medieval, lead-glazed earthenware jug, painted underglaze in manganese and green, with a bird with a human face on each side panel.

Greyish-buff earthenware, the interior and exterior covered with clear lead-glaze overall; the base and a short distance above it unglazed. Painted underglaze in manganese and green.
Shape 2. Swelling ovoid body with flat base, short cylindrical neck, applied folded spout and broad strap handle.
The spout and handle are flanked by pairs of vertical manganese lines forming side panels, each containing a bird with a human face in profile to right towards a plant with two leaves. Below the spout are four broad green horizontal strokes flanked by narrower manganese lines. Below and round the rim, there are two manganese horizontal bands; on the handle, three broad green stripes alternate with groups of three and four manganese.

Notes

History note: Perhaps from the collections of Signor Avvocato Arcangelo Marcioni (1859-1928)or Cavaliere Capitano Ferdinando Lucatelli of Orvieto; Sotheby's, 16 February 1914, Catalogue of the collections of early Italian pottery formed by Signor Avvocato Marcioni and Cavaliere Capitano Lucatelli of Orvieto, possibly lot 30 (2) or lot 33 (2). Purchased from Kerin, London, on 9 December 1933 by H.S. Reitlinger (d. 1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991

Legal notes

H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

13th Century
Medieval
Circa 1200 CE - 1300 CE

Note

This jug is an unusual example of underglaze painted ware with zoomorphic decoration.