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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Medieval, tin-glazed earthenware jug painted in green and brown with panels, leaves and stripes.
Cream earthenware; remnants of yellowish-brown lead glaze on lower part and interior; the rest tin-glazed pale beige. Painted in green and manganese-brown. Shape 7. Ovoid with flat base; cylindrical neck; broad strap handle with a longtitudinal depression down the middle; spout formed from a strip of clay, folded and pressed to the neck and shoulder.
The spout and handle are flanked by three vertical manganese lines forming side panels, each containing a dab of green with a manganese V under it, probably representing a leaf. The lower part and the neck are encircled by two manganese bands. Both sides of the spout, the area below it, and the back of the handle are horizontally striped in alternate colours.
History note: Purportedly from a well (pozzo) at Orvieto. Purchased in Orvieto in 1908 by Richard Sneade Brown (1851-1917), Heathcote, Worthing
Given by R.S. Brown
Height: 10.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1910-05-30) by Brown, Richard Sneade
13th Century
Medieval
Circa
1250
CE
-
1300
CE
This form, which has an ovoid body, a fairly narrow neck with an applied folded spout and a strap handle, was one of the earliest and most common made in maiolica. It probably appeared during the first phase of maiolica production in Orvieo (c. 1225-50) alongside similar jugs decorated under lead glaze and was common during the Developed Phase (c. 1250-1350).
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( copper-green and manganese-brown)
lead-glaze
tin-glaze
Base
Diameter 5.5 cm
Handle To Spout
Width 11.4 cm
Body
Width 8.8 cm
Inscription present: rectangular with blue printed border
Inscription present: similar to other label
Accession number: C.19-1910
Primary reference Number: 47229
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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