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Pottery: Unknown (Probably)
Late Medieval maiolica cup with one handle, painted in black and green, painted in black and green with, on the inside, a grotesque bearded face.
Earthenware. Very thinly tin-glazed beige on both sides; base unglazed. Painted in black and copper-green.
Shape 21, with one handle missing. Circular with carinated sides, narrow foot and one narrow strap handle.
Inside, there is a C or G enclosing a grotesque bearded face; on the outside, a green horizontal band between two black.
History note: Probably 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, lot 131 (1). William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, The William Ridout collection of Italian majolica, European pottery, faience and delftware, part of lot 107; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Height: 5.0 cm
Width: 12.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1300
CE
-
Circa
1400
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( black and copper-green)
Foot
Diameter 4.3 cm
Body
(except base) appears beige
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Accession number: C.103-1991
Primary reference Number: 47828
Packing number: EURCER 940
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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