Jug: C.64-1991

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)

Entities

• Jug

Categories

• Tin-glazed earthenware
• Maiolica

Description

Late Medieval maiolica jug, painted in manganese and green with a fish and a man's head on the front.

Pale buff earthenware. The interior and exterior of the foot are lead-glazed brown, the base is unglazed, and the rest is tin-glazed pale greyish-beige. Painted in dark manganese and copper-green.
Shape 17. Elongated piriform body with pedestal foot, short neck, trilobate mouth, and loop handle of oval section.
The front is decorated with a flat fish with a man's head flanked by green curved and pointed strokes. On each side of the handle, there is a vertical wavy line flanked by Ss between two sets of three vertical manganese lines. Below are two horizontal manganese bands; on the neck, two and a green chain; and on the handle, ten oblique stripes of alternate colours.

Notes

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 30 (1) & 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.

Legal notes

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

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

13th Century
14th Century
Medieval
Circa 1275 CE - 1375 CE

School or Style

maiolica arcaica