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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica jar, painted in manganese and green with vertical stripes.
Pale pinkish-buff earthenware. The interior, lower part, and base are lead-glazed brownish-yellow; the rest is thinly and unevenly tin-glazed greyish-white. Painted in manganese and copper-green.
Shape 6. Squat baluster body with slightly accentuated base, cylindrical neck and everted rim.
The sides are decorated with vertical stripes of alternate colours.
History note: Signor Avvocato Arcangelo Marcioni (1859-1928) or Cavaliere Capitano Ferdinando 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 79G (1). William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, probably lot 108; 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: 16.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1300
CE
-
1400
CE
Jars made in both underglaze painted earthenware and maiolica have been found at Oriveto. The maiolica jars have been dated to between the thirteenth and early fifteenth century. The glaze on this example is of fairly good quality, which probably indicates manufacture in the fourteenth century, rather than the thirteenth.
Interior, Lower Part
composed of
lead-glaze
( and base)
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese and copper-green)
Exterior
composed of
tin-glaze
Base
Diameter 10.3 cm
Rim
Diameter 11.9 cm
Body
Inscription present: rectangular with green line along the lower edge
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Accession number: C.75-1991
Primary reference Number: 47742
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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