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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica bowl, painted in black and green with, on the inside, a rhomboidal area of cross-hatching.
Earthenware, tin-glazed beige on both sides; base unglazed. Painted in black and copper-green.
Shape 32. Circular with narrow sloping rim and deep curved sides, standing on a narrow foot.
Inside, there is a rhomboidal area of cross-hatching surrounded by a green line, and, further out, three short black lines and three longer green lines.
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; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Diameter: 9.9 cm
Height: 4.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century
Late Medieval
Circa
1300
CE
-
1400
CE
Comparable motifs occur on two-handled bowls in the Fondazione Horne, Florence and the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Orvieto, and, more boldly drawn with cross-hatched centres, on several fragments recovered from a 'butto' under the Palazzo del Popolo, Orvieto, which from architectural evidence were deposited not earlier than the 1280s.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( black and copper-green)
Body
except base
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Inscription present: circular with blue edge
Accession number: C.111-1991
Primary reference Number: 47836
Packing number: EURCER 933
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/47836 Accessed: 2024-12-22 20:22:39
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