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Maker: Unknown (Probably)
Renaissance maiolica two-handled bowl, painted in orange, green and black with a black wheel in the middle surrounded by concentric circles.
Earthenware, thrown with applied handles, tin-glazed greyish-cream on both sides; base unglazed. Painted in orange, a little dark green, and black.
Shape 45, but shallower. Circular with curved sides and two loop handles, standing on a narrow foot.
In the middle is a black wheel with green spots between the spokes; on the sides, concentric bands: orange, four black, orange, three black, orange and black. Outside, there is a wavy green line.
History note: Purportedly excavated in Orvieto. 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: 4.3 cm
Height: 5 cm
Width: 14.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
15th Century
16th Century, Early
Renaissance
Circa
1450
CE
-
1510
CE
During the second half of the 15th century simply decorated two-handled bowls were made in immense quantities in central Italy, judging by the numbers extant. They are usually decorated in two or three colours with a central medallion containing a stylized plant motif, grid or spots, surrounded by concentric circles, and may have horizontal bands or fan-like palmettes or half-palmettes on the exterior. Large quantities of them have been recovered from butti (rubbish pits) in Orvieto. Similar motifs occur on a bowl and on the front of a jug found at a kiln site adjacent to the Pozzo della Cava, Orvieto.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( orange, dark green, and black)
Bowl
base unglazed
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Accession number: C.150-1991
Primary reference Number: 72105
Packing number: EURCER 946
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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