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Maker:
Unidentified Orvieto pottery
(Probably)
Maker:
Unknown
(Possibly)
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.
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.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950.
Diameter: 14.7 cm
Height: 4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
15th Century, Late
16th Century, Early#
Renaissance
Circa
1480
CE
-
1520
CE
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
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, yellow, and orange)
Reverse
composed of
lead-glaze
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
Throwing (pottery technique) : Earthenware, thrown, and tin-glazed cream on the front; the reverse lead-glazed dark yellow. Painted in blue, yellow, and orange.
Accession number: C.155-1991
Primary reference Number: 72206
Packing number: EURCER 439
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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