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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica two-handled bowl, painted in manganese and green with a bunch of grapes.
Buff earthenware. Tin-glazed greyish-white inside, on the top of the handle and upper part of the exterior; the lower part is lead-glazed yellowish-brown, and there are trickles of lead-glaze on the base. Painted in dark manganese and green.
Shape 31. Circular with curved sides, narrow disk base and two strap handles.
In the middle, two manganese concentric circles enclose a bunch of grapes. On the sides, there is a green chain with a manganese band above.
History note: Signor Avvocato Arcangelo Marcioni 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 82. 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: 8.5 cm
Width: 22.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century
15th Century, Early#
Late Medieval
Circa
1300
CE
-
1425
CE
This bowl can be seen in a pre 1910 photograph of maiolica found in butti in Orvieto (see Documentation 1997).
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese and copper-green)
Exterior, Base
composed of
lead-glaze
Inside
composed of
tin-glaze
Bowl
Diameter 18.8 cm
Foot
Diameter 8.5 cm
Body
Inscription present: brown tie-on
Accession number: C.90-1991
Primary reference Number: 47813
Packing number: EURCER 953
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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