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Maker: Unknown (Perhaps)
Renaissance, maiolica one-handled jar, painted in blue and orange with a diaper pattern containing orange leaves, and a flower head surrounded by rays, whirls and dots.
Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed creamy-white on the exterior and interior; base unglazed. Painted in dark blue and orange.
Ovoid with a short cylindrical neck and small strap handle; flat base, projecting slightly at the edge.
With the exception of a strip under and below the handle, the body is covered by a diaper pattern of lozenges, each containing three orange leaves in its lower point, and a flower head in the centre surrounded by rays, whirls and dots. The neck and base are each encircled by an orange and a blue horizontal band. The strip below the handle is decorated with a blue zig-zag and orange spots between blue vertical lines. At the bottom there are short vertical strokes and two longer vertical lines, each with a short horizontal stroke on one side, perhaps a mark.
History note: Dr Alfred Pringsheim; Sotheby's, 19 July 1939, Catalogue of the renowned collection of Italian majolica, the property of Dr Alfred Pringsheim of Munich, lot 203; E.L. Paget; Sotheby's, 11 October 1949, Catalogue of the well-known collections of fine Italian bronzes, majolica and European ceramics...the property of the late E.L. Paget Esq., lot 7.
Purchased with the Leverton Harris Fund.
Height: 21.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1949) by Sotheby's
15th Century#
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1490
CE
-
1520
CE
Perhaps Deruta, Umbria or Montelupo, Tuscany
Rim
Diameter 10.2 cm
Base
Diameter 9.5 cm
At Widest
Width 17.3 cm
Decoration
base unglazed
Tin-glaze
dark blue and orange
High-temperature colours
Earthenware
Throwing
: Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed creamy-white on the exterior and interior; base unglazed. Painted in dark blue and orange.
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: rectangular with serrated edges and blue printed border
Inscription present: rectangular
Inscription present: circular
Accession number: C.2-1949
Primary reference Number: 73200
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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