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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)
Late Medieval maiolica bowl, painted in manganese and green with, in the middle, an interlocking loop knot.
Bowl. Cream earthenware. The interior and upper part of the exterior are tin-glazed pale beige; the lower part has opaque yellowish-brown glaze of which there are traces on the foot. Painted in manganese and copper-green.
Shape 24 with very narrow rim. Circular, carinated sides and narrow foot.
In the middle, within two manganese circles, there is an interlocking loop knot enclosing four green dots, surrounded by cross-hatching; on the rim, alternating groups of manganese and green radiating strokes; and on the exterior, manganese crosses between narrow horizontal bands with a green and a manganese band below.
History note: 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
Diameter: 12.3 cm
Height: 6.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
14th Century
Late Medieval
Circa
1275
CE
-
Circa
1375
CE
Interior
composed of
tin-glaze
( and part exterior)
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese and copper-green)
Foot
Diameter 4.5 cm
Body
Accession number: C.128-1991
Primary reference Number: 47973
Packing number: EURCER 962
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/47973 Accessed: 2024-11-21 23:49:50
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