Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Pottery:
Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Entities
Categories
Description
Maiolica two-handled cup, painted in manganese and green with, on the inside, a Cross and Instruments of the Passion.
Earthenware, tin-glazed pinkish-grey on both sides; base unglazed. Painted in manganese and copper-green.
Shape 21. Circular with carinated sides, narrow foot and two loop handles of oval section.
Inside, within two concentric manganese circles, there is a green Cross and manganese Instruments of the Passion; on the outside, a wide green horizontal band and two green spots on each handle. A green band runs round part of the rim.
Notes
History note: Purportedly excavated at Orvieto; William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, The William Ridout collection of Italian majolica, European pottery, faience and delftware, probably part of lot 107; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Legal notes
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Measurements and weight
Height: 4.8 cm
Width: 14.9 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1991-04-29)
by
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Dating
13th Century
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1250
CE
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Circa
1350
CE
School or Style
maiolica arcaica
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese and copper-green)
Foot
Diameter 3.9 cm
Body
Materials used in production
base unglazed
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Tin-glazing
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: circular with blue border
- Text: 'WILLIAM RIDOUT COLLECTION' printed in blue, 'O./26.' in blue-black ink
- Method of creation: Printed in blue and inscribed in blue-black ink
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
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A Catalogue of the Collection of Italian and other Maiolica, Mediaeval English Pottery, Dutch, Spanish and French Faïence, and other Ceramic Wares, formed by William Ridout of London and Toronto
page(s): p. 13
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Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
page(s): p. 52
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Der Hl. Ludwig von Frankreich in Anbetung der Reliquien des Sainte Chapelle auf einer Tosckanischen Schüssel des Späten Trecento
page(s): 159-73
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La ceramica orvietana del medioevo I
page(s): 82, 102
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Contributi alla conoscenza della cultura materiale nella Tuscia
page(s): 275-95
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Museo dell'Opera del Duomo di Orvieto Ceramiche
page(s): 113
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Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Italienische Majolika
page(s): 37
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Oltre il frammento, forme e decori della miolica medievale orvietana, Il recupero della collezione Del Pelo Pardi
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Museo Nazionale Romano Crypta Balbi. Ceramiche medievali e moderne. Ceramiche medievali e del primo rinascimento (1000-1350)
page(s): 133
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Placchette, Rilievi, Bronzi Rinascimentali e del periodo Barocco e di Maioliche Medioevali e dell'Evo Moderno fino al secolo XVII
page(s): p. 46
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1909 Tra Collezionismo e Tutela, Connoisseur, antiquari e la ceramica medievale orvietana
page(s): 323
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Maiolica and Ceramics in the National Museum of the Bargello
page(s): 61
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Italian Maiolica and Europe
page(s): 58
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.98-1991
Primary reference Number: 47823
Packing number: EURCER 460
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 13 August 2024
Last processed: Wednesday 14 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
