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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Perhaps)
Late Medieval maiolica bowl, painted in manganese and green with a plant in the centre, and on the sides lanceolate leaves and squiggles.
Earthenware. Tin-glazed off-white inside; lead-glazed pale yellowish-brown on the exterior; base unglazed. Painted in dark manganese and copper-green.
Shape 38. Circular with warped rim, sloping sides and flat base; the rim is pierced by two incorrectly placed suspension holes.
In the middle, within two manganese concentric circles, there is a plant with three oak (?) leaves and tendrils; on the sides, alternating lanceolate leaves and manganese squiggles with two manganese bands above.
History note: Probably William Ridout; 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: 30.5 cm
Height: 7.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century
15th Century#
Medieval
Circa
1350
CE
-
1450
CE
The form of the leaves, similar to those on famiglia verde wares, probably indicates a date in the late fourteenth, or early fifteenth, century. A comparable plant but with differently-shaped leaves occurs on a two-handled bowl excavated at Orvieto and now in the Museo Nationale delle Ceramiche, Faenza
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( dark manganese and copper-green)
Exterior
composed of
lead-glaze
Interior
composed of
tin-glaze
Base
Diameter 17.2 cm
Body
Accession number: C.83-1991
Primary reference Number: 47804
Packing number: EURCER 428
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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