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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)
Late Medieval maiolica fragment of a bowl, painted in manganese and green with cross-hatching.
Earthenware, the interior is tin-glazed greyish-white; the exterior is lead-glazed yellowish-brown; base unglazed. Painted in manganese and green. A fragment of C.80-1991
History note: Signor Avvocato Marcioni or Cavaliere Capitano Lucatelli; Sotheby's, 16-17 February [16] 1914, Catalogue of the collections of early Italian pottery formed by Signor Avvocato Marcioni and Cavaliere Capitano Lucatelli of Orvieto, lot 83 and pl. IV. William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, The William Ridout collection of Italian majolica, European pottery, faience and delftware, part of lot 108; 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
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century, Late
14th Century
Circa
1275
CE
-
Circa
1350
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese and green)
Exterior
composed of
lead-glaze
Interior
composed of
tin-glaze
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Accession number: C.80A-1991
Primary reference Number: 76133
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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