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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica bowl, painted in black and green with, on the inside, an eight-spoked wheel with at intervals three circles.
Pale reddish-buff earthenware. Tin-glazed greyish-white on both sides; base unglazed. Painted in black and copper-green.
Shape 29. Circular with deep sides, curving inwards slightly towards the rim; narrow disk base.
Inside, there is an eight-spoked wheel or star surrounded at intervals by three concentric black-edged green circles with radiating black strokes between them. Outside, there is a green horizontal band below the rim.
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, 1991
Diameter: 12.3 cm
Height: 5.6 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 5.8 cm
Body
base unglazed
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Accession number: C.117-1991
Primary reference Number: 47888
Packing number: EURCER 472
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/47888 Accessed: 2024-12-03 18:24:37
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