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Ewer: C.20-1991

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Current Location: In storage

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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)

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Description

Late Medieval, lead-glazed earthenware ewer, painted underglaze in black and green decorated with scrolling leaves.

Pale yellowish-buff earthenware; the interior and exterior covered with clear lead-glaze; base unglazed. Painted underglaze in black and copper-green.
Shape 3. Swelling ovoid body with flat base, sloping tubular spout attached by a loop to the cylindrical section with a depression on each side.
The sides are decorated with scrolling multipartite leaves reserved in a green ground with two black bands above and below. On the neck there are curved green strokes between two narrow curved black strokes; on the spout, horizontal lines of alternate colours; and on the handle, three black lines alternating with wide green.

Notes

History note: Purportedly excavated at Orvieto. 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

Measurements and weight

Height: 20.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

13th Century
Medieval
Circa 1200 CE - 1300 CE

School or Style

Medieval

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( black and copper-green)
Body Diameter 15.2 cm
Base Diameter 9.5 cm
Handle To Spout Width 20.2 cm

Materials used in production

except base Lead-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Lead-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.20-1991
Primary reference Number: 47143
Packing number: EURCER 456

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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