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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica two-handled bowl, painted in manganese and green, with, on the inside a wavy armed cross separating four trefoil leaves.
Pale reddish-buff earthenware, the interior tin-glazed greyish-cream, the exterior lead-glazed yellowish-brown; base unglazed. Painted in manganese and copper-green.
Shape 35. Circular with deep curved sides and incurved rim, disk base and two broad strap handles with a deep thumb print at the top.
Inside, within two concentric manganese circles, is a wavy-armed cross with short green strokes over each arm, separating four trefoil leaves cross-hatched in manganese; below the rim, a green chain with a manganese band above.
History note: 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; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 9.5 cm
Width: 26.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1300
CE
-
1400
CE
Exterior
composed of
lead-glaze
( base unglazed)
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese and copper-green)
Interior
composed of
tin-glaze
Base
Diameter 9.4 cm
Body
Accession number: C.86-1991
Primary reference Number: 47809
Packing number: EURCER 908
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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