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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica jug, painted in manganese and green with a plant, oblique strokes and lines.
Earthenware. The interior and lower part thinly lead-glazed yellowish-brown; the rest tin-glazed pale grey. Painted in manganese and copper-green which has run.
The front is decorated with a plant with three stems. On each side of the handle, there are oblique manganese strokes between two green vertical lines, and sets of three vertical manganese lines. Below are two horizontal manganese bands; on the neck, a green chain between pairs of horizontal manganese bands.
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: 22.2 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, Lower Part
composed of
lead-glaze
Exterior
composed of
tin-glaze
Base
Diameter 10.1 cm
Body
Diameter 13.2 cm
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Inscription present: brown tie-on
Accession number: C.44-1991
Primary reference Number: 47447
Packing number: EURCER 461
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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