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Jug: C.19-1910

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery

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Description

Medieval, tin-glazed earthenware jug painted in green and brown with panels, leaves and stripes.

Cream earthenware; remnants of yellowish-brown lead glaze on lower part and interior; the rest tin-glazed pale beige. Painted in green and manganese-brown. Shape 7. Ovoid with flat base; cylindrical neck; broad strap handle with a longtitudinal depression down the middle; spout formed from a strip of clay, folded and pressed to the neck and shoulder.
The spout and handle are flanked by three vertical manganese lines forming side panels, each containing a dab of green with a manganese V under it, probably representing a leaf. The lower part and the neck are encircled by two manganese bands. Both sides of the spout, the area below it, and the back of the handle are horizontally striped in alternate colours.

Notes

History note: Purportedly from a well (pozzo) at Orvieto. Purchased in Orvieto in 1908 by Richard Sneade Brown (1851-1917), Heathcote, Worthing

Legal notes

Given by R.S. Brown

Measurements and weight

Height: 10.3 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Orvieto ⪼ Umbria ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1910-05-30) by Brown, Richard Sneade

Dating

13th Century
Medieval
Circa 1250 CE - 1300 CE

Note

This form, which has an ovoid body, a fairly narrow neck with an applied folded spout and a strap handle, was one of the earliest and most common made in maiolica. It probably appeared during the first phase of maiolica production in Orvieo (c. 1225-50) alongside similar jugs decorated under lead glaze and was common during the Developed Phase (c. 1250-1350).

School or Style

maiolica arcaica

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Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( copper-green and manganese-brown) lead-glaze tin-glaze
Base Diameter 5.5 cm
Handle To Spout Width 11.4 cm
Body Width 8.8 cm

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular with blue printed border

  • Text: cf. jug in V. & A./Mus. Marked/Faenze 14th cent. Green & Mang./anese.....le
  • Location: Under the handle
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in faded black ink
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: similar to other label

  • Text: from a well. bt./@ Orvieto 1908/ cf. jug in BM/marked 14th century
  • Location: Loose inside
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in blue-black ink
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.19-1910
Primary reference Number: 47229
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 16 July 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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