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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Jug, partly lead-glazed and partly tin-glazed and painted in manganese and green with a fish and foliage on each side.
Cream earthenware; the lower part and interior lead-glazed brownish-yellow; the rest tin-glazed off-white. Painted in manganese and copper-green.
Shape 7. Swelling ovoid body with flat base, cylindrical neck, and strap handle.
The handle and spout are flanked by three vertical manganese lines forming side panels, each occupied by a large fish and foliage. Under the spout there is a crossed rhomboid. Below are two manganese bands; on the neck, five; and on the handle, horizontal 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, lot 32 & pl. I. 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, 1991
Height: 28.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
14th Century
Late Medieval
Circa
1250
CE
-
1350
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese and copper-green)
Interior/lower Part
composed of
lead-glaze
Exterior
composed of
tin-glaze
Base
Diameter 10.5 cm
Body
Diameter 22.0 cm
Accession number: C.35-1991
Primary reference Number: 47414
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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