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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica bowl, painted black and green with, on the inside, a pair of antlers enclosing a flower.
Buff earthenware, thickly potted and very thinly tin-glazed greyish-beige on both sides. Painted in black and copper-green.
Shape 23. Circular with carinated sides and narrow foot.
Inside, a pair of antlers enclose a flower with groups of two and three black strokes in the spaces; on the outside there is a wavy green line below the rim.
History note: William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, The William Ridout collection of Italian majolica, European pottery, faience and delftware, part of lot 108; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950;p transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Diameter: 8.8 cm
Height: 4.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1250
CE
-
1375
CE
The antlers may indicate a connection with the Monaldeschi della Cervara family of Orvieto
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( black and copper-green)
Foot
Diameter 4.2 cm
Body
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Accession number: C.109-1991
Primary reference Number: 47834
Packing number: EURCER 929
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/47834 Accessed: 2024-12-23 14:52:17
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