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Maker: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)
Renaissance maiolica part of a jug, painted in blue, yellow and manganese with, on the front, a stylised plant framed by a band.
Buff earthenware, thrown. The interior is lead-glazed yellowish-brown; the exterior tin-glazed greyish-white with streaks of brownish-grey; base unglazed. Painted in dark blue, yellow, and dark manganese.
Piriform, with slightly projecting base and broad strap handle; the front of the neck and spout are missing.
On the front is a stylised plant with three oval leaves or fruits, framed by an oval yellow band between narrow blue, with alternating blue and manganese leaves round the edge. The handle has two groups of three horizontal blue stripes.
History note: Signor Avvocato Arcangelo Marcioni (1859-1928) or Cavaliere Capitano Ferdinando Lucatelli (1862-19 ); Sotheby's, 16-17 [17] February 1914, Catalogue of the collections of early Italian pottery formed by Signor Avvocato Marcioni and Cavaliere Capitano Lucatelli of Orvieto, part of lot 235A. William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, The William Ridout collection of Italian majolica, European pottery, faience and delftware, part of lot 33; H.S. Reitlinger; the Reitlinger Trust, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950.
Diameter: 7 cm
Height: 14.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
15th Century, Late
16th Century, Early#
Renaissance
Circa
1470
CE
-
1510
CE
Plants with kidney-shaped leaves or pomegranates and fan-like shoots were common on central Italian jugs during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century, and some are attributed to the Romagna or Marches. W.B. Honey attributed this example to Faenza. However, its provenance suggests that it is likely to have been made in Umbria, probably at Orvieto, but comparable jugs were also made in Lazio. A waster jug decorated witjh a similar two-leaved plant and frame was found at a pottery site adjacent to the Pozzo della Cava, in via della Cava, Orvieto, active from around the mid fifteenth to the early sixteenth century.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( dark blue, yellow, and dark manganese)
Interior
composed of
lead-glaze
Exterior
composed of
tin-glaze
Body
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Accession number: C.165-1991
Primary reference Number: 72392
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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