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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Maiolica two-handled cup, painted in manganese and green with, on the inside, a Cross and Instruments of the Passion.
Earthenware, tin-glazed pinkish-grey on both sides; base unglazed. Painted in manganese and copper-green.
Shape 21. Circular with carinated sides, narrow foot and two loop handles of oval section.
Inside, within two concentric manganese circles, there is a green Cross and manganese Instruments of the Passion; on the outside, a wide green horizontal band and two green spots on each handle. A green band runs round part of the rim.
History note: Purportedly excavated at Orvieto; William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, The William Ridout collection of Italian majolica, European pottery, faience and delftware, probably part of lot 107; 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: 4.8 cm
Width: 14.9 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
( manganese and copper-green)
Foot
Diameter 3.9 cm
Body
base unglazed
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Accession number: C.98-1991
Primary reference Number: 47823
Packing number: EURCER 460
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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