Bowl: C.148-1991

Maker(s)

Maker: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)
Maker: Unidentified Deruta pottery (Possibly)

Entities

• Bowl

Categories

• Tin-glazed earthenware
• Maiolica

Description

Renaissance maiolica bowl, painted in blue and green with a nine-petalled flower surrounded by concentric circles, and a border of continous lozenges.

Pale-buff earthenware, thrown and tin-glazed pale grey on both sides; the base and a little way above it unglazed. Painted in blue and pale green.
Shape 29 with slightly concave base. Circular with curved sides and disk base, concave underneath.
In the middle is a blue nine-petalled flower surrounded by concentric circles: narrow blue, wide green, two narrow blue, and a wide green with blue Cs and mounts outside it. Below the rim is a border of continuous lozenges with strokes in the spaces, with two blue bands and one green above and below.

Notes

History note: Signor Avvocato Arcangelo Marcioni (1859-1928) or Cavaliere Capitano Ferdinando Lucatelli (1862-19 ); Sotheby's, 16-17 February [17] 1914, Catalogue of the collections of early Italian pottery formed by Signor Avvocato Marcioni and Cavaliere Capitano Lucatelli of Orvieto, probably part of lot 185 (unsold). Purchased from Kerin, London, on 9 December 1933 by H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.

Legal notes

H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

16th Century, first half
Renaissance
Circa 1500 CE - 1550 CE

Note

The border pattern on this bowl is comparable to those found on many sixteenth-century plates and dishes from Deruta, such as C.57-1927, but although Oriveto imported pottery from Deruta, it seems likely that trivial vessels, such as this bowl were made locally. Bowls with similar central motifs, and a broad-rimmed bowl with a similar central motif and lozenge border have been recovered from butti (rubbish pits) in Orvieto.

School or Style

Renaissance