Bowl: C.111-1991

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery

Entities

• Bowl

Categories

• Tin-glazed earthenware
• Maiolica

Description

Late Medieval maiolica bowl, painted in black and green with, on the inside, a rhomboidal area of cross-hatching.

Earthenware, tin-glazed beige on both sides; base unglazed. Painted in black and copper-green.
Shape 32. Circular with narrow sloping rim and deep curved sides, standing on a narrow foot.
Inside, there is a rhomboidal area of cross-hatching surrounded by a green line, and, further out, three short black lines and three longer green lines.

Notes

History note: William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, The William Ridout collection of Italian majolica, European pottery, faience and delftware, part of lot 108; 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

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

14th Century
Late Medieval
Circa 1300 CE - 1400 CE

Note

Comparable motifs occur on two-handled bowls in the Fondazione Horne, Florence and the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Orvieto, and, more boldly drawn with cross-hatched centres, on several fragments recovered from a 'butto' under the Palazzo del Popolo, Orvieto, which from architectural evidence were deposited not earlier than the 1280s.

School or Style

maiolica arcaica