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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval, maiolica jug, painted in black and green with a shield on each side.
Buff earthenware; the interior and the lower part of the exterior lead-glazed yellowish-brown; the rest thinly tin-glazed ivory. Painted in black and copper-green.
Shape 7. Ovoid with flat base, short cylindrical neck, applied folded spout and broad strap handle.
On each side within a green border, is a black-outlined shield charged with a fess vert.
History note: Signor Avvocato Arcangelo Marcioni (1859-1928) or Cavaliere Capitano Ferdinando Lucatelli, Orvieto ; Sotheby's, 16-17 February 1914, Catalogue of the collections of early Italian pottery formed by Signor Avvocato Marcioni and Cavaliere Capitano Lucatelli of Orvieto, 16 February 1914, lot 11 (3). William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, part of lot 104; 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: 17.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1250
CE
-
1350
CE
Coats-of-arms occur less frequently on Orvieto maiolica than plant and geometrical ornament, but are nevertheless common on both jugs and bowls. The number of noble families in Orvietan territory was relatively small; forty-eight were recorded in 1322 of whom about twenty-seven were probably resident in the city itself. Pottery might also have been decorated with the arms of the podestà or capitano del popolo who was appointed from outside Orvieto. With some exceptions, the identification of the arms is problematic, because only two colours were used, and potters may not have shown the arms correctly. Their inaccuracy was probably the reason for the decree in 1378 prohibiting Orvieto potters from decorating vessels with arms, except at the wish of their possessor.
It is impossible to be sure because of the restricted colouring, but the arms on the jug may be those of the Baglioni family, azure a fess or (blue with a gold horizontal band)
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( black and copper-green)
Interior
composed of
lead-glaze
Part Exterior
composed of
tin-glaze
Body
Diameter 11.8 cm
Base
Diameter 7.3 cm
Handle To Spout
Width 13.3 cm
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Inscription present: rectangular brown tie-on
Accession number: C.29-1991
Primary reference Number: 47368
Packing number: EURCER 903
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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