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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica jug, painted in manganese and green with a cross potent on the front.
Yellowish-buff earthenware. The interior of the neck and the lower part are partly lead-glazed brownish-yellow; the rest is tin-glazed pale grey. Painted in dark manganese and copper-green.
Shape 11. Bulbous body with disk base, cylindrical neck, carinated rim, pinched spout and strap handle of D-section.
The front is decorated with a manganese cross potent inside a green circle.
History note: Signor Avvocato Marcioni or Cavaliere Capitano Lucatelli; 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, lot 79 (1). William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, 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: 14.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1275
CE
-
1375
CE
The cross potent, taken from the arms of Jerusalem, was associated with the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, who had many houses in central Italy. Luciano Ricetti, however, noted that the cross resembled the mark of Pietro di Meo di Ventura, camerario of the Opera del Duomo in Orvieto between 1464-1465. This jug could have been made for an earlier member of the family.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( dark manganese and copper-green)
Interior, Lower Part
composed of
lead-glaze
Exterior
composed of
tin-glaze
Base
Diameter 6.7 cm
Body
Diameter 9.0 cm
Handle To Spout
Width 12.0 cm
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Inscription present: brown tie-on
Accession number: C.49-1991
Primary reference Number: 47462
Packing number: EURCER 891
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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