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Plate: C.133-1991

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)

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Description

Late Medieval maiolica plate, painted in manganese and green with, in the middle, a flower on a stalk.

Pale buff earthenware. The front tin-glazed off-white, the reverse lead-glazed pale brown. The lead-glaze has run over onto the right and lower edges of the front; the tin-glaze has crawled, leaving two bare patches. Painted in manganese and copper-green.
Approximately Shape 37. Circular with narrow flat rim, curved well and narrow disk foot.
In the well, there is a flower on a stalk with three groups of three short manganese strokes above, and a line with short strokes over it on each side; on the rim, radiating strokes in groups of alternate colours.

Notes

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

Legal notes

H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 16.8 cm
Height: 4.4 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Orvieto ⪼ Umbria ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

14th Century
15th Century#
Medieval
Circa 1350 CE - 1425 CE

Note

The appearance of this plate is so different from the others of similar form in the collection (Cat. nos. 125-6, C.134-1991, C.132-1991) that it was sampled for thermoluminescence analysis by the Oxford Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art (report dated 18 March 1994, sample 581m45). This estimated that the sample was last fired between 400 and 650 years ago (1344-1594), which is consistent with the suggested date for the others.

School or Style

maiolica arcaica

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( manganese and copper-green)
Reverse composed of lead-glaze
Front composed of tin-glaze
Foot Diameter 5.9 cm
Body

Materials used in production

Earthenware

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.133-1991
Primary reference Number: 47996
Packing number: EURCER 936
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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