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Probably
Unidentified Orvieto pottery
(Maker)
Possibly
Unidentified Deruta pottery
(Maker)
Renaissance maiolica bowl, painted in blue and green with a nine-petalled flower surrounded by concentric circles, and a border of continous lozenges.
Pale-buff earthenware, thrown and tin-glazed pale grey on both sides; the base and a little way above it unglazed. Painted in blue and pale green.
Shape 29 with slightly concave base. Circular with curved sides and disk base, concave underneath.
In the middle is a blue nine-petalled flower surrounded by concentric circles: narrow blue, wide green, two narrow blue, and a wide green with blue Cs and mounts outside it. Below the rim is a border of continuous lozenges with strokes in the spaces, with two blue bands and one green above and below.
History note: Signor Avvocato Arcangelo Marcioni (1859-1928) or Cavaliere Capitano Ferdinando Lucatelli (1862-19 ); Sotheby's, 16-17 February [17] 1914, Catalogue of the collections of early Italian pottery formed by Signor Avvocato Marcioni and Cavaliere Capitano Lucatelli of Orvieto, probably part of lot 185 (unsold). 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
Diameter: 14.6 cm
Height: 6.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1950)
by
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
First half of 16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1500
CE
-
1550
CE
The border pattern on this bowl is comparable to those found on many sixteenth-century plates and dishes from Deruta, such as C.57-1927, but although Oriveto imported pottery from Deruta, it seems likely that trivial vessels, such as this bowl were made locally. Bowls with similar central motifs, and a broad-rimmed bowl with a similar central motif and lozenge border have been recovered from butti (rubbish pits) in Orvieto.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue and pale green)
base unglazed Tin-glaze Earthenware
Throwing (pottery technique) : Pale-buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed pale grey on both sides; the base and a little way above it unglazed. Painted in blue and pale green.
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.148-1991
Primary reference Number: 72070
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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