Skip to main content

Jug: C.43-1991

An image of Jug

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Alternative views

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery

Entities

Categories

Description

Late Medieval maiolica jug, painted in manganese and green with fleur-de-lis, hatching, S hooks and lines.

Yellowish-buff earthenware, the interior, lower part of the body and base lead-glazed dark-yellow; the rest tin-glazed pale grey. Painted in manganese and copper-green.
Shape 11. Bulbous body with disk base, cylindrical neck, carinated rim, pinched spout and loop handle with a longtitudinal ridge.
The front is decorated with a panel containing a fleur-de-lis enclosed by curved stems shaded in green, with cross-hatching in the spaces. On each side of the handle, in manganese, there are S hooks between two sets of three vertical lines. Below are two manganese horizontal bands; round the neck, three, and a green band; on the handle, horizontal strokes of alternate colours.

Notes

History note: Signor Avvocato Arcangelo Marcioni (1859-1928) or Cavaliere CapitanoFerdinando Lucatelli, Orvieto ; 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 79A (2). Purchased from Kerin, London, on 9 December 1933 by H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.

Legal notes

H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Measurements and weight

Height: 18.0 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Orvieto ⪼ Umbria ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

13th Century
14th Century
Medieval
Circa 1250 CE - 1350 CE

School or Style

maiolica arcaica

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Interior, Base composed of lead-glaze ( and lower part of body)
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( manganese and copper-green)
Exterior composed of tin-glaze
Body Diameter 10.5 cm
Base Diameter 7.8 cm
Handle To Spout Width 14.3 cm

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 79A /2
  • Location: On the base
  • Method of creation: In indelible pencil
  • Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.43-1991
Primary reference Number: 47444
Packing number: EURCER 440
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Jug" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/47444 Accessed: 2024-11-21 11:53:31

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/47444 |title=Jug |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-21 11:53:31|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-47444

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa8/C_43_1991_281_29.jpg"
        alt="Jug"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Jug</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...