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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica bowl, painted in manganese and green with, on the inside, an eight-pointed star.
Cream earthenware, tin-glazed pale pinkish-grey on both sides; the unglazed base has a little glaze on one side. Painted in dark manganese and copper-green.
Shape 32. Circular with narrow flat rim, curved sides and narrow base.
Inside, within two concentric manganese circles, there is an eight-pointed star surrounded by cross-hatching; on the rim, a repeating border comprising three radiating strokes, a circle, three strokes, and a triangle.
History note: Purportedly excavated in Orvieto. 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
Diameter: 12.3 cm
Height: 4.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1300
CE
-
1400
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( dark manganese and copper-green)
Base
Diameter 5.4 cm
Body
base unglazed
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Accession number: C.113-1991
Primary reference Number: 47838
Packing number: EURCER 430
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/47838 Accessed: 2024-12-22 20:14:44
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|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 20:14:44|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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