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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica bowl, painted in black and green with, on the inside, a six-petalled rosette.
Earthenware, tin-glazed off-white on both sides; base unglazed. Painted in black and copper-green.
Shape 23. Circular with carinated sides, standing on a narrow solid foot. Inside, there is a six-petalled rosette; on the outside, a green wavy line.
History note: William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, The William Ridout collection of Italian majolica, European pottery, faience and delftware, probably part of lot 108; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust
Diameter: 9.7 cm
Height: 4.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1250
CE
-
Circa
1375
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( black and copper-green)
Foot
Diameter 4.6 cm
Body
base unglazed
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Accession number: C.110-1991
Primary reference Number: 47835
Packing number: EURCER 932
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/47835 Accessed: 2024-11-21 19:35:40
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