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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica two-handled bowl, painted in manganese and green, with, on the inside, a vegetal motif, with cross-hatching and S hooks.
Buff earthenware. Tin-glazed greyish-beige inside; lead-glazed yellowish-brown on the exterior; unglazed base with two streaks of lead-glaze. Painted in dark manganese and a little copper-green.
Shape 33. Circular with narrow rim, deep sloping, disk base and two small loop handles.
In the middle, within two concentric circles, there is a vegetal motif with cross-hatching in the background; on the sides, closely spaced green S hooks.
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, lot 117 (1). 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
Diameter: 18.8 cm
Height: 6.5 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
( dark manganese and copper-green)
Interior
composed of
tin-glaze
Base
Diameter 7.8 cm
Body
Accession number: C.87-1991
Primary reference Number: 47810
Packing number: EURCER 909
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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