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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica two-handled cup, painted in manganese and green with, on the inside, a stylised flower.
Cream earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white on both sides; base unglazed. Painted in manganese and copper-green.
Shape 21. Circular with carinated sides, narrow foot and two loop handles (restored).
Inside, within two manganese concentric circles, there is a stylised flower on a stalk surrounded by cross-hatching; on the outside, a green horizontal band.
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, part of lot 134. 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: 4.9 cm
Width: 15.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
14th Century
Late Medieval
Circa
1250
CE
-
Circa
1350
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese and copper-green)
Foot
Diameter 4.7 cm
Body
except base
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Accession number: C.97-1991
Primary reference Number: 47822
Packing number: EURCER 455
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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