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Maker: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)
Renaissance maiolica bowl, painted in blue and orange with, in the middle, a stylised flower surrounded by concentric circles on the rim.
Earthenware, thrown and tin-glazed on both sides; base unglazed. Painted in dark blue and orange.
Shape approximately 29. Circular with curved sides and solid base.
In the middle is a stylised blue and yellow flower over vertical strokes, surrounded by three blue concentric circles; on the sides, a row of short blue strokes with four blue bands and a wider orange band above. Outside there is a wavy dark blue line.
History note: Signor Avvocato Arcangelo Marcioni (1859-1928) or Cavaliere Capitano Ferdinando Lucatelli (1862-19 ); Sotheby's, 16-17 [17] February 1914, Catalogue of the collections of early Italian pottery formed by Signor Avvocato Marcioni and Cavaliere Capitano Lucatelli of Orvieto, part of lot 183 (unsold). 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; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Diameter: 12.9 cm
Height: 4.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
15th Century#
16th Century, Early#
Circa
1450
CE
-
1510
CE
Large numbers of bowls of this form have been found in Orvieto and elsewhere in Umbria, and the provenance of this example indicates that it is likely to have been made there. A comparable plant occurs on a bowl from Orvieto in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( dark blue and orange)
base unglazed
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Throwing (pottery technique)
: Earthenware, thrown, and tin-glazed on both sides; base unglazed. Painted in dark blue and orange.
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Accession number: C.145-1991
Primary reference Number: 72025
Packing number: EURCER 475
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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