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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica jug, painted in manganese and green, decorated with a leaf on the front, lines and obliques strokes.
Earthenware; the interior, lower part and base are lead-glazed yellowish-brown; the rest tin-glazed pale beige. Painted in manganese-brown and copper-green.
Shape 11. Squat bulbous body with disk base, tall cylindrical neck with carinated rim, pinched spout, and loop handle (restored).
The front is decorated with two partly hatched and partly green leaves on coiling stems. On each side of the handle, in manganese, there are oblique strokes between two sets of three vertical lines. Below are two horizontal manganese bands; round the neck, three; and on the handle, four horizontal green stripes.
History note: William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938,The William Ridout collection of Italian majolica, European pottery, faience and delftware. 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: 17.4 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-brown and copper-green)
Interior, Lower Part
composed of
lead-glaze
Exterior
composed of
tin-glaze
Body
Diameter 10.8 cm
Base
Diameter 8.7 cm
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Inscription present: brown tie-on
Accession number: C.37-1991
Primary reference Number: 47424
Packing number: EURCER 894
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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