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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica two-handled bowl, painted in manganese and green in the middle with a four-petalled flower.
Pale yellowish-buff earthenware. Tin-glazed greyish-ivory inside; lead-glazed pale greenish-brown on the exterior. Painted in manganese and copper-green.
Approximately Shape 33. Circular with flat rim which has warped, curved sides, narrow disk base, and two strap handles.
In the middle, within two concentric manganese circles, there is a four-petalled flower with green crossed pointed petals in the centre, and cross-hatching in the spaces; on the sides, a green band.
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, part of lot 129. 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; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 7.1 cm
Width: 19.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1300
CE
-
1400
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese and copper-green)
Exterior
composed of
lead-glaze
Interior
composed of
tin-glaze
Base
Diameter 6.9 cm
Original Handle-rim
Width 16.3 cm
Body
Accession number: C.88-1991
Primary reference Number: 47811
Packing number: EURCER 484
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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