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Maker: Unknown (Possibly)
Late Medieval maiolica bowl, painted in manganese and blue with, in the middle, a woman's head in profile to the left.
Earthenware. Tin-glazed pinkish-grey overall except for the base. Painted in manganese and blue.
Shape 25. Circular with carinated sides and narrow base.
In the middle, a woman's head faces in profile to left towards four buds on stalks, surrounded by a blue circle edged with manganese. The sides are decorated with a row of slanting Ss with a manganese band above; the rim with alternating groups of blue splodges and manganese radiating strokes. Outside there are two manganese bands.
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: 12.7 cm
Height: 7.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
15th Century#
Medieval
Circa
1400
CE
-
1450
CE
Viterbo or Rome
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese and blue)
Foot
Diameter 4.4 cm
Body
except base
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Inscription present: rectangular with blue border, inscribed 'gg' or '99'
Inscription present: circular
Accession number: C.139-1991
Primary reference Number: 48042
Packing number: EURCER 417
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/48042 Accessed: 2024-11-17 03:04:10
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University of Cambridge}}
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