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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica two-handled cup, painted in black and green with, on the inside, a shield.
Earthenware. Tin-glazed beige overall. Painted in black and copper-green.
Approximately Shape 21. One third of a cup with carinated sides, narrow foot and one strap handle with a longtitudinal ridge; the other restored.
Inside, there is a medallion with a green ground containing a shield charged with vair, surrounded by a cross-hatched border interrupted by leaf-shaped reserves containing three green strokes. The rim is green, and, on the outside, there is a horizontal green band.
History note: Probably 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: 4.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1250
CE
-
Circa
1350
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( black and copper-green)
Foot
Diameter 4.0 cm
Body
now beige in colour
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Accession number: C.95-1991
Primary reference Number: 47820
Packing number: EURCER 910
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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