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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica bowl, painted in manganese and green with, on the inside, a double cross and cross-hatching.
Buff earthenware. Tin-glazed pale beige on both sides; base unglazed. Painted in manganese and copper-green.
Shape 29. Circular with curved sides, standing on a narrow foot.
Inside, within two concentric manganese circles, there is a manganese double cross with a small green cross at the centre and green Vs on each arm, surrounded by manganese cross-hatching. On the outside, there is a green wavy line.
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: 8.8 cm
Height: 4.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1300
CE
-
Circa
1400
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese and copper-green)
Base
Diameter 4.2 cm
Body
base unglazed
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Inscription present: rectangular
Inscription present: circular with blue edge
Accession number: C.121-1991
Primary reference Number: 47937
Packing number: EURCER 934
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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