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Maker: Unknown (Possibly)
Late Medieval, lead-glazed earthenware jug, painted underglaze in manganese and bluish-green, with lobed leaves on stalks.
Earthenware. The interior is lead-glazed brownish-yellow; the exterior is covered with a translucent whitish glaze. Painted in manganese and pale bluish-green underglaze.
Shape 5. Slender ovoid body expanding towards the base which is concave underneath, short neck with spout and most of the rim restored, and loop handle of almost circular section.
On the body, there are three lobed leaves on curved stalks reserved in a green ground with two horizontal manganese bands below; on the neck, two manganese bands with interlaced arcading filled with green above, and on the handle, four green stripes alternate with three groups of three manganese.
History note: Signor Avvocato Marcioni or Cavaliere Capitano Lucatelli; Sotheby's, 16-17 February 1914, Catalogue of the collections of early Italian pottery formed by Signor Avvocato Marcioni and Cavaliere Capitano Lucatelli of Orvieto, lot 79B (3). 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
Height: 19.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
Medieval
Circa
1200
-
1300
Umbria or Northern Italy
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese and pale bluish-green)
Interior
composed of
lead-glaze
Base
Diameter 9.0 cm
Handle To Front
Width 11.6 cm
Body
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Accession number: C.25-1991
Primary reference Number: 47192
Packing number: EURCER 938
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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