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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica jug, painted in black and green with a monster on the front.
Pale yellowish-buff earthenware. The interior, lower part and most of the base are lead-glazed yellowish-brown; the rest is tin-glazed greyish-beige. Painted in black and copper-green.
Lower part approximately Shape 11. Bulbous body with disk base and tall cylindrical neck, pinched spout and strap handle with longtitudinal ridge; the handle, spout and rim are restored.
The front is decorated with a monster with the head of a man wearing a cap, the body of a bird, a curly tail and lion's feet.
History note: Signor Avvocato Arcangelo Marcioni (1859-1928) or Cavaliere Capitano Ferdinando 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 30 (2). Purchased from Kerin, London, on 9 December 1933 by H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Height: 20.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1275
CE
-
1375
CE
Harpies and other mythical creatures with human heads about in gothic sculptural ornament, illuminated manuscripts and applied art. They occur frequently on late medieval pottery from Orvieto and elsewhere in central Italy.
Interior, Lower Part
composed of
lead-glaze
( and most of the base)
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( black and copper-green)
Exterior
composed of
tin-glaze
Body
Diameter 13.3 cm
Base
Diameter 9.6 cm
Accession number: C.56-1991
Primary reference Number: 47527
Packing number: EURCER 471
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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