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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica jug, painted in black and copper-green with S hooks and lines.
Pale buff earthenware; the interior, lower part of the exterior and part of the base lead-glazed greenish-brown; the rest tin-glazed beige. Painted in black and copper-green.
Shape 8. Squat ovoid body with disk base, cylindrical neck, applied folded spout and strap handle.
The spout and handle are flanked by three vertical black lines forming side panels, each crossed by a row of reversed black S hooks between green lines edged in black. Below are two horizontal black bands; on the neck, three black and one green. On the spout there are horizontal lines of alternate colours, and, on the front, a green asterisk.
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, 16 February 1914, part of lot 41. William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, part of lot 105; 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
Height: 15.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1250
CE
-
1350
CE
Maiolica arcaica
Interior
composed of
tin-glaze
( and part of exterior)
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( black and copper-green)
Part Exterior/base
composed of
lead-glaze
Body
Diameter 12.3 cm
Base
Diameter 8.0 cm
Handle To Spout
Width 17.2 cm
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Inscription present: brown tie
Accession number: C.27-1991
Primary reference Number: 47366
Packing number: 905
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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