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Unidentified Orvieto pottery
(Pottery)
Late Medieval maiolica dish, painted in manganese and green with, in the central medallion, letters, leaves and cross-hatching, and on the rim, lozenges.
Dish. Pale buff earthenware. Tin-glazed greyish-white on both sides; base unglazed. The glaze has crazed. Painted in manganese and copper-green.
Shape 36, but deeper, and with a vertical edge to the rim. Thickly potted. Circular with narrow rim, deep curved well, and flat base.
The central medallion contains the manganese letters `A' and `B' over `C' or `G', enclosed by four loops, and four stylised leaves with cross-hatching in the spaces. The rim is decorated with alternating lozenges with green centres and manganese cross-hatched circles between narrow manganese bands. On the reverse, a green band encircles the inner edge of the well.
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 94. William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, probably part of 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
Diameter: 25.6 cm
Height: 6.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1991-04-29)
by
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century
15th century
Medieval
Circa
1350
CE
-
Circa
1425
CE
A small bowl decorated with a comparable 'A; was found at a pottery site in via della Cava, Orvieto.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( manganese and copper-green) Body
except base Tin-glaze Earthenware
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Accession number: C.82-1991
Primary reference Number: 47797
Packing number: EURCER 447
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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