Bowl: C.155-1991

Maker(s)

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

Entities

• Bowl
• bowl with narrow rim

Categories

• Tin-glazed earthenware
• Maiolica

Description

Renaissance maiolica bowl, painted in blue, yellow and orange with concentric circles.

Earthenware, the front is tin-glazed cream; the reverse lead-glazed dark yellow. Painted in blue, yellow, and orange.
Shape 47, the well slightly convex in the middle. Circular with narrow rim, upturned slightly at the edge, and deep well, slightly convex in the middle.
In the middle is a blue disk inside a yellow circle; further out, two narrow and one wide blue concentric circles; on the rim, blue, orange and yellow bands.

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 lots 184 or 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

15th Century, Late
16th Century, Early
Renaissance
Circa 1480 CE - 1520 CE

Note

Large numbers of bowls with narrow rims have been found in Orvieto, and the provenance of this example suggests strongly that it was made there, but comparable rimmed bowls were made further south in Lazio

School or Style

Renaissance