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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)
Late Medieval maiolica jug, painted in manganese and green with diagonal rows of lines, circles and dots on the sides.
Pale buff earthenware; the interior lead-yellow, the exterior tin-glazed greyish-white. Painted in manganese and copper-green.
Shape 7. Ovoid with flat base, cylindrical neck, applied folded spout and broad strap handle.
The handle is flanked by three vertical manganese lines forming side panels, each crossed diagonally by rows of small joined circles and dots between broad wavy green lines and by manganese wavy lines. Below are two horizontal manganese bands, and on the neck, three. The spout is decorated with a leaf, and the handle with diagonal stripes in alternate colours.
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, p. 4, part 15 (1). 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; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust
Height: 20.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1250
CE
-
1350
CE
The form and provenance indicate an attributed to Orvieto but somehwat similar designs occur on medieval jugs from Rome
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese and copper-green)
Interior
composed of
lead-glaze
Exterior
composed of
tin-glaze
Body
Diameter 15.0 cm
Base
Diameter 9.0 cm
Handle To Spout
Width 18.0 cm
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Accession number: C.34-1991
Primary reference Number: 47401
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: E.36.1903
Accession Number: E.P.287
Accession Number: E.9.1909
Accession Number: Loan Ant.103.97
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