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Pottery:
Unidentified Orvieto pottery
(Probably)
Pottery:
Unidentified Lazio pottery
(Possibly)
Renaissance maiolica jug, painted in blue and yellow with, on the front, a 'ladder' frame enclosing a bust of a woman.
Buff earthenware. The interior is lead-glazed pale brown, the exterior tin-glazed, and base unglazed. Painted in blue and dark yellow. Shape 43. Ovoid projecting base, short neck pinched at the front to form a lip and broad strap handle. On the front, an ovoid blue `ladder' frame encloses a bust of a woman in profile to left, flanked by a blue vertical stripe and yellow slanting strokes. Down each side is a vertical yellow squiggle.
History note: 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
Height: 16.0 cm
Width: 12.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century, first half#
Renaissance
Circa
1500
CE
-
1550
CE
Jugs with frontal medallions enclosed by 'ladder' frames were common throughout central Italy during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century. The form of this example, and excavated finds of comparable jugs in Orvieto suggest that it was probably made there, but it might have been made in northern Lazio.
Interior
composed of
tin-glaze
( base unglazed)
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue and dark yellow)
Exterior
composed of
lead-glaze
Base
Diameter 9.4 cm
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Accession number: C.170-1991
Primary reference Number: 72480
Packing number: EURCER 421
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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