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Pottery: Unknown
Late Medieval maiolica bowl, painted in manganese and green with, on the inside, four leaves and a four-petalled flower.
Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white on both sides; base unglazed. Painted in manganese and copper-green.
Shape 32, circular with narrow sloping rim, upturned slightly at the edge, curved sides and narrow disk foot.
Inside, within two manganese concentric circles, there are four green pointed leaves meeting in the centre of a four-petalled flower, and four triangular areas of cross-hatching; on the rim, continuous manganese criss-crosses and green and manganese bands by the edge.
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.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Diameter: 13.1 cm
Height: 5.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1300
CE
-
1400
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese and copper-green)
Foot
Diameter 5.4 cm
Body
base unglazed
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Inscription present: circular with blue edge
Accession number: C.112-1991
Primary reference Number: 47837
Packing number: EURCER 426
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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