Maker: Sartori, Lorenzo di Piero di Lorenzo (Possibly)
Renaissance maiolica two-handled jar, painted in blue, yellow and red with palmettes, rosettes, lines, leaves and spirals.
Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the exterior and interior; base unglazed. Painted in blue, yellow, and brownish-red.
Shape approximately 42. Ovoid with flat base; short cylindrical neck; and two small, broad, strap handles.
The body is decorated with palmettes and rosettes linked by pairs of fine curved lines, with small leaves and spirals in the background; above and below, are blue and yellow horizontal bands between narrower blue bands. The outer edge of each handle is blue with a trefoil outline at the top and bottom. Below one handle there is a mark in blue: 'L' or 'P(L)' with a small 'o'.
History note: Cecil Leitch & Kerin Ltd., London.
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund.
Height: 18.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1931-10-18) by Cecil Leitch & Kerin Ltd.
16th Century, Early
Renaissance
Circa
1500
CE
-
1520
CE
For the linking of the mark on this jar and several others with Lorenzo di Piero di Lorenzo Sartori of Montelupo, see Documentation, Berti, 1997. Palmette ornament (palmetta persiana), probably a derivative of the pomegranate motifs on Islamic textiles, was introduced during the last quarter of the fifteenth century, and continued for about two centuries, the execution becoming increasingly summary.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, yellow, and brownish-red)
Base
Diameter 10.5 cm
Rim
Diameter 10.5 cm
At Widest Point
Width 19.7 cm
base unglazed
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Throwing (pottery technique)
: Pale buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed on the exterior and interior; base unglazed. Painted in blue, yellow, and brownish-red.
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: P and L joined with small o above right end of horizontal stroke of the L
Accession number: C.41-1931
Primary reference Number: 48424
Glaisher addition numberumber: Gl.Add.32
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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