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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica bowl, painted in black and green with, on the inside, a gothic R, surrounded by circular bands with rows of lozenges between them.
Bowl. Pale buff earthenware. Tin-glazed greyish-white on both sides; base unglazed. Painted in black and copper-green.
Shape 29. Circular with curved sides and narrow foot.
Inside, there is a gothic R on a dotted ground, surrounded by three concentric black-edged green bands with rows of lozenges tip to tip between them; on the outside, a wavy green band between two narrow black bands.
History note: 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 125 (1). Purchased from Kerin, London, on 9 December 1933 by 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: 12.6 cm
Height: 5.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century
15th Century, Early#
Late Medieval
Circa
1300
CE
-
1425
CE
A similar bowl decorated with a gothic A on a dotted ground is in the Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( black and copper-green)
Base
Diameter 6.6 cm
Body
base unglazed
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Accession number: C.118-1991
Primary reference Number: 47891
Packing number: EURCER 917
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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