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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica jug, painted in manganese and green with leaves and lines.
Cream earthenware, the interior, lower part of the exterior and part of the base lead-glazed yellowish-brown; the rest tin-glazed pale beige. Painted in manganese and copper-green.
Shape 8. Squat bulbous body with disk base, cylindrical neck, applied folded spout and strap handle.
The spout and handle are flanked by three vertical manganese lines forming side panels, each containing a leaf on a curved stalk. Under the spout is a short green line between two wavy manganese lines. Below are two manganese horizontal bands, and on the neck, three. The spout and handle are horizontally striped in alternate colours.
History note: William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, The William Ridout collection of Italian majolica, European pottery, faience and delftware.part of lot 105; 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: 11.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1250
CE
-
1350
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese and copper-green)
Interior/exterior
composed of
tin-glaze
( part exterior)
Part Exterior/base
composed of
lead-glaze
Base
Diameter 7.0 cm
Body
Diameter 9.6 cm
Handle To Spout
Width 13.8 cm
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Inscription present: brown tie
Accession number: C.26-1991
Primary reference Number: 47365
Packing number: EURCER 922
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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