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Pottery: Unknown (Possibly)
Late Medieval, lead-glazed earthenware jug, painted underglaze in manganese and green, with palmettes, lily and strokes.
Cream earthenware, the interior lead-glazed; the exterior painted in manganese and copper-green under clear but whiteish tin (?) glaze.
Shape 4. Globular body with tall cylindrical neck flaring towards the rim which is pinched at the front to form a spout, and broad strap handle.
On the body, there are four horizontal palmettes reserved in a green ground between pairs of horizontal manganese bands. The front of the neck is decorated with a lily and eyes on either side of the spout, and on the sides there are four wide curved green strokes between narrow manganese. The handle is similarly decorated.
History note: William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, The William Ridout collection of Italian majolica, European pottery, faience and delftware, part of lot 104 or 105; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Height: 22.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
Medieval
Circa
1250
CE
-
1300
CE
Orvieto, Umbria or, possibly, Northern Lazio.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese and copper-green)
Exterior
composed of
tin-glaze
( uncertain)
Interior
composed of
lead-glaze
Body
Diameter 12.9 cm
Base
Diameter 8.7 cm
Handle To Front
Width 13.7 cm
Accession number: C.22-1991
Primary reference Number: 47156
Packing number: EURCER 960
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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