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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)
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.
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.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 20.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
Medieval
Circa
1200
CE
-
1300
CE
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
except base
Lead-glaze
Earthenware
Accession number: C.20-1991
Primary reference Number: 47143
Packing number: EURCER 456
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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