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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)
Late Medieval maiolica bowl, painted in manganese, black and green with, on the inside, two intertwined curved ribbons enlcosing a heart or leaf and cross-hatching.
Earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white on both sides; base unglazed. Painted in dark manganese, black and copper-green.
Shape 24. Circular with narrow rim, carinated sides and narrow foot.
Inside, within two concentric manganese circles, there is a heart or leaf enclosed by intertwined curved ribbons reserved in cross-hatching; on the rim, cross-hatching; and on the outside, black chevrons between green horizontal bands edged with black.
History note: 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
Height: 6.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1275
CE
-
Circa
1375
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( black and copper-green)
Rim
Diameter 12.3 cm
Base
Diameter 5.1 cm
Body
base unglazed
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Accession number: C.125-1991
Primary reference Number: 47970
Packing number: EURCER 949
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/47970 Accessed: 2024-11-05 11:02:02
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|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-05 11:02:02|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
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