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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica jug, painted in manganese and green with leaves on the front, oblique strokes and lines on the sides.
Pale buff earthenware fabric, the interior and lower part lead-glazed yellowish-brown; the rest tin-glazed, greyish-beige. Painted in dark manganese and a little copper-green.
Shape 11. Small bulbous body with tall cylindrical neck, carinated rim, pinched spout and loop handle of oval section.
The front is decorated with two green pointed leaves on coiling stems. On each side of the handle, in manganese, there are oblique strokes between two sets of three vertical lines. Below are two horizontal manganese bands; on the neck, three; and on the handle, four oblique stripes of 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 46 (1). William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, part of lot 104; 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: 19.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1250
CE
-
1350
CE
With Shape 7 (see Documentation, 1995) this appears to be the earliest tin-glazed jug form made at Oriveto. It varies in size, and in the proportions of neck and body, and also occurs with a restriction round the bulbous part. Plant and geometrical ndecoration occur most frequently this type, heraldic decoration less often, and zoomorphic designs rarely. Front panels decorated with leaves on scrolling stems also occur on jugs C.37-1991, C.39-1991, C.38-1991, C.41-1991, and C.45-1991.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( dark manganese and copper-green)
Interior, Lower Part
composed of
lead-glaze
Exterior
composed of
tin-glaze
Body
Diameter 11.0 cm
Base
Diameter 7.6 cm
Handle To Spout
Width 14.5 cm
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Inscription present: brown tie-on
Accession number: C.40-1991
Primary reference Number: 47434
Packing number: EURCER 895
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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