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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)
Late Medieval maiolica plate, painted in manganese and green with, in the middle, a leaf and coiling stem, and on the rim, radiating strokes.
Pale buff earthenware. The front tin-glazed greyish-beige, the reverse lead-glazed pale brown. The tin-glaze has run over onto the back. Painted in dark manganese and copper-green.
Shape 37. Circular with narrow sloping rim, shallow well and narrow disk base.
In the well, there is a leaf on a coiling stem; on the rim, radiating strokes in groups of alternate colours.
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; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Diameter: 16.0 cm
Height: 4.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century
15th Century#
Medieval
Circa
1350
CE
-
1425
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese and copper-green)
Reverse
composed of
lead-glaze
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
Base
Diameter 6.7 cm
Body
Accession number: C.134-1991
Primary reference Number: 48000
Packing number: EURCER 930
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Plate" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/48000 Accessed: 2024-12-23 00:57:54
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