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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica two-handled cup, painted in black and green on the inside with a cross treflé or botonnée.
Earthenware. Tin-glazed pale beige very thinly on both sides; base unglazed. Painted in black and copper-green.
Shape 28. Circular with curved sides, narrow foot and two loop handles of oval section.
Inside, there is a cross treflé or botonnée.
History note: 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 Retiinger Trust, 1991
Height: 5.3 cm
Width: 14.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1250
CE
-
Circa
1375
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( black and copper-green)
Foot
Diameter 3.7 cm
Body
base unglazed
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Accession number: C.93-1991
Primary reference Number: 47818
Packing number: EURCER 926
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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