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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica bowl, painted in manganese and green with, on the inside, a geometrical flower.
Pale pinkish-buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white on both sides; base unglazed. Painted in dark manganese and copper-green.
Shape 29. Circular with curved sides and disk base.
Inside, within a manganese-edged green circle, there is a geometrical flower formed by two interlocking eights with cross-hatching in the background.
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, 1991
Diameter: 13.4 cm
Height: 6.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century
Late Medieval
Circa
1300
CE
-
Circa
1400
CE
The infrequent occurrence of cross-hatching on bowls of this rounded form suggests that they were introduced later than carinated bvowls, perhaps in the early fourtheenth century. They continued to be made in the fifteenth century and there are numerous examples with polychrome decoration. .
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( dark manganese and copper-green)
Base
Diameter 6.4 cm
Body
base unglazed
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Accession number: C.123-1991
Primary reference Number: 47963
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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