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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica two-handled cup, painted in black and green with, on the inside, a stylised plant.
Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-beige on both sides; base unglazed. Painted in black and copper-green.
Shape 21. Circular with warped carinated sides, narrow foot and two loop handles of oval section.
Inside, within two black concentric circles, there is a stylised plant bearing a cone; on the outside, a horizontal `ladder' over a green horizontal band.
History note: 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.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1990
Height: 4.4 cm
Width: 13.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1250
CE
-
Circa
1350
CE
During the thirteenth century, both underglaze-decorated and maiolica two-handled carinated cups were made in Orvieto. Lead-glazed cups appear to have persisted until towards the end of the century, judging by fragments excavated from a butto (formerly a cistern) under the Palazzo del Popolo, which was built in the early 1280s. However, the proportion of lead-glazed to tin-glazed fragments of all types from this site suggests that by then production of lead-glazed ware was declining. Maiolica carinated cups probably made their appearance between c. 1225 and c. 1250 and were made in large quantities during the Developed Phase, c.1250-1350.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( black and copper-green)
Foot
Diameter 4.4 cm
Body
except base
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Accession number: C.100-1991
Primary reference Number: 47825
Packing number: EURCER 901
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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