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Jug: C.79-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown (Purportedly)

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Description

Renaissance style maiolica jug, painted in blue, green and manganese with a shield on the front.

Jug. Yellowish-buff earthenware. The interior lead-glazed pale brownish-yellow, the upper part of the exterior thinly tin-glazed pinkish-white, and the lower part and base unglazed. Painted in very dark blue, green, and dark manganese.
Ovoid with projecting base, flaring neck pinched at the front to form a spout, and strap handle with a thumbprint at the lower end.
On the front is a shield bearing the arms quarterly azure and argent with a chief of Anjou, within a bordure charged with pellets vert. On each side is a green saltire cross with manganese Vs between the arms, and, on the handle, three oblique lines.

Notes

History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.

Legal notes

H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950

Measurements and weight

Height: 23.0 cm
Width: 17.0 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Faenza ⪼ Emilia-Romagna ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

19th Century, Late#
20th Century, Early
Circa 1875 CE - 1925 CE

Note

Purportedly Faenza or elsewhere in the Romagna

School or Style

Renaissance

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( very dark blue, green, and dark manganese)
Interior composed of lead-glaze
Exterior, Upper composed of tin-glaze
Foot Diameter 10.9 cm

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular with blue printed side borders

  • Text: Faenza/um 1400/Wapen fam (?) No 2/Manfredi Oss-
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in black ink
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.79-1991
Primary reference Number: 48146
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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