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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
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.
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
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 25.7 cm
Width: 21.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
Medieval
Circa
1200
CE
-
1300
CE
This jug is an unusual example of underglaze painted ware with zoomorphic decoration.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese and copper-green)
Base
Diameter 11.7 cm
Body
Diameter 19.4 cm
Inscription present: oval with gold border
Accession number: C.19-1991
Primary reference Number: 47140
Packing number: EURCER 961
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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