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Maker: Unknown (Possibly)
Renaissance maiolica jug, painted in polychrome with, on the front, a stag, and scrolls on the sides.
Reddish buff earthenware, tin-glazed creamy white on the interior and exterior; base unglazed. Painted in pale blue, green, yellow, and dark yellow, outlined in manganese-brown.
Globular body with disk base, short neck pinched at the front to form a lip, and handle composed of three rolls of clay, curling at the lower ends.
On the front is a stag lodged regardant on a green ground with stylised brown grass, enclosed by concentric blue, dark yellow and blue circles. Above and on either side are vertical dark yellow foliated scrolls reserved in a green dotted ground, delimited by vertical blue, yellow, and blue lines. Below there are horizontal blue and yellow bands; round the neck, a blue, two narrow dark yellow and a broad yellow. Across the back of the jug below the handle there are vertical blue strokes. The back of the handle is yellow with green edges.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Height: 26.0 cm
Width: 21.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
17th Century#
Circa
1600
CE
-
1650
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( pale blue, green, yellow, and dark yellow, outlined in manganese-brown)
base unglazed
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Tin-glazing : Reddish buff earthenware, tin-glazed creamy white on the interior and exterior; base unglazed. Painted in pale blue, green, yellow, and dark yellow, outlined in manganese-brown.
Inscription present: oval with black border
Accession number: C.192-1991
Primary reference Number: 48477
Packing number: EURCER 372
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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