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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery
Late Medieval maiolica bowl, painted in manganese and green with, in the middle a seven-lobed leaf inside a gothic 'O', and on the sides, a green circle and radiating strokes.
Bowl. Buff earthenware. Very thickly potted and heavy. Tin-glazed pinkish-grey on both sides; dribbles of glaze on the base. Painted in dark manganese-brown and copper-green.
Approximately Shape 30. Circular with sloping sides curving inwards at the top, and narrow disk foot.
In the middle, there is a seven-lobed leaf inside a gothic `O' (?) surrounded by dots; on the sides, a green circle between two dark brown, and a row of short radiating brown strokes; and on the outside, a thick wavy green line.
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 132 (2). 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: 12.4 cm
Height: 7.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century
15th Century, Early#
Late Medieval
Circa
1350
CE
-
1425
CE
The thick walls and dotted background are reminiscent of a bowl decorated with a bird from 'butto' F of the Palazzetto Faina, Orvieto, which has been dated to the last quarter of the fourteenth, or early fifteenth, century.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese-brown and copper-green)
Foot
Diameter 6.1 cm
Body
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Accession number: C.122-1991
Primary reference Number: 47941
Packing number: EURCER 884
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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