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Potter: Unknown (Purportedly)
Renaissance style maiolica jug, painted in blue, green and manganese with a shield on the front.
Jug. Yellowish-buff earthenware. The interior lead-glazed pale brownish-yellow, the upper part of the exterior thinly tin-glazed pinkish-white, and the lower part and base unglazed. Painted in very dark blue, green, and dark manganese.
Ovoid with projecting base, flaring neck pinched at the front to form a spout, and strap handle with a thumbprint at the lower end.
On the front is a shield bearing the arms quarterly azure and argent with a chief of Anjou, within a bordure charged with pellets vert. On each side is a green saltire cross with manganese Vs between the arms, and, on the handle, three oblique lines.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Height: 23.0 cm
Width: 17.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
19th Century, Late#
20th Century, Early
Circa
1875
CE
-
1925
CE
Purportedly Faenza or elsewhere in the Romagna
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( very dark blue, green, and dark manganese)
Interior
composed of
lead-glaze
Exterior, Upper
composed of
tin-glaze
Foot
Diameter 10.9 cm
Inscription present: rectangular with blue printed side borders
Accession number: C.79-1991
Primary reference Number: 48146
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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