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Jug: C.42-1991

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Current Location: In storage

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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery

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Description

Late Medieval maiolica jug, painted in black and green with leaves, arrowheads, S hooks, strokes and lines.

Jug. Buff earthenware, the interior, lower part and base lead-glazed yellowish-brown; the rest tin-glazed pale greyish-white. Painted in black and copper-green.
Shape 11. Bulbous body with disk base, cylindrical neck, carinated rim, pinched spout and loop handle of D-section.
The front is decorated with a row of lanceolate leaves arranged point to point with arrowheads in the spaces. Above are a black-edged green horizontal line, a row of reversed S hooks and another green line. On each side of the handle, in black, there are oblique strokes between two sets of three vertical lines. Below are two horizontal black bands; on the neck, three; and on the handle, three black horizontal strokes alternating with two green.

Notes

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, part of lot 70 or 72. 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.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Measurements and weight

Height: 18.2 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Orvieto ⪼ Umbria ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

13th Century
14th Century
Medieval
Circa 1250 CE - 1350 CE

School or Style

maiolica arcaica

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Interior, Lower Part composed of lead-glaze ( and base)
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( black and copper-green)
Exterior composed of tin-glaze
Body Diameter 11.2 cm
Base Diameter 8.7 cm
Handle To Spout Width 14.0 cm

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: circular with blue border

  • Text: 'WILLIAM RIDOUT COLLECTION' printed in blue, 'O./59' inscribed in blue-black ink
  • Method of creation: Printed in blue and inscribed in blue-black ink
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: brown tie-on

  • Text: 104/20
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in pencil
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: or 70/

  • Text: 72/
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in pencil
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.42-1991
Primary reference Number: 47438
Packing number: EURCER 427
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 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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