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Maker:
Unidentified Orvieto pottery
(Probably)
Maker:
Unidentified Viterbo pottery
(Possibly)
Late Medieval maiolica bowl, painted in manganese and blue with, in the well, a plant with five leaves, and on the rim a continous scrolling stem.
Pale buff earthenware. The back is lead-glazed yellowish-brown; the front is tin-glazed greyish-beige which has dribbled over onto the back on one side; base unglazed. Painted in manganese and blue.
Shape 41. Circular with wide curved rim pierced by a suspension hole near the edge, and deep curved well.
In the well, within two manganese circles, there is a plant with five blue spiky leaves and half leaves in the spaces; on the rim, a continuous scrolling stem with eight blue spiky palmette-like flowers, and two manganese bands round the outer edge.
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.
Diameter: 23.4 cm
Height: 7.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
15th Century#
Medieval
Circa
1400
CE
-
1450
CE
The decoration is similar in style to a fragmentaryt plate which was recovered from butto F of the Palazzetto Faina, Orvieto, and initially attributed to Viterbo. Since then, the recovery of numerous two-handled cups with comparable blue plant decoration from the site of a pottery adjacent to the Pozzo della Cava, and a jug at another kiln site further up the street, lend support to the view that these dishes could have been made locally.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese and blue)
Back
composed of
lead-glaze
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
Base
Diameter 8.0 cm
Body
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Accession number: C.138-1991
Primary reference Number: 48041
Packing number: EURCER 328
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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