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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica bowl, painted in black and green with, on the inside, a wavy-rayed star within a circle.
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed pale beige on both sides; base unglazed. Painted in black and a little copper-green. Inside, there is a wavy-rayed star within a circle, surrounded by concentric decoration comprising a 'ladder', a narrow band, an undulating line with green in the curved spaces between it and the next bane, a 'ladder' and a narrow band near the rim. Outside, a wavy green band.
Shape 29. Circular with curved sides and disk base.
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 108; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1950
Diameter: 12.9 cm
Height: 4.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century
15th Century, Early#
Late Medieval
Circa
1300
CE
-
1425
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( black and copper-green)
Base
Diameter 6.5 cm
Body
base unglazed
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Accession number: C.116-1991
Primary reference Number: 47872
Packing number: EURCER 473
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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