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Maker: Unknown (Perhaps)
Late Medieval maiolica fragment of a relief from a jug, of a face painted in black and green.
Pinkish-buff earthenware, moulded in relief with a face; concave on the reverse. Tin-glazed very thinly on the front. Painted in black with a little copper-green round the edges.
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 16 (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.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Depth: 2.9 cm
Height: 6.5 cm
Width: 4.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1300
CE
-
Circa
1400
CE
Orvieto or Todi, Umbria, Italy
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( black and copper-green)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
Moulding in relief : Pinkish-buff earthenware, moulded in relief with a face; concave on the reverse; tin-glazed very thinly on the front; painted in black with a little copper-green round the edges.
Accession number: C.72-1991
Primary reference Number: 47694
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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