Jar: C.2-1949

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown (Perhaps)

Entities

• Jar
• one-handled jar

Categories

• Tin-glazed earthenware
• Maiolica

Description

Renaissance, maiolica one-handled jar, painted in blue and orange with a diaper pattern containing orange leaves, and a flower head surrounded by rays, whirls and dots.

Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed creamy-white on the exterior and interior; base unglazed. Painted in dark blue and orange.
Ovoid with a short cylindrical neck and small strap handle; flat base, projecting slightly at the edge.
With the exception of a strip under and below the handle, the body is covered by a diaper pattern of lozenges, each containing three orange leaves in its lower point, and a flower head in the centre surrounded by rays, whirls and dots. The neck and base are each encircled by an orange and a blue horizontal band. The strip below the handle is decorated with a blue zig-zag and orange spots between blue vertical lines. At the bottom there are short vertical strokes and two longer vertical lines, each with a short horizontal stroke on one side, perhaps a mark.

Notes

History note: Dr Alfred Pringsheim; Sotheby's, 19 July 1939, Catalogue of the renowned collection of Italian majolica, the property of Dr Alfred Pringsheim of Munich, lot 203; E.L. Paget; Sotheby's, 11 October 1949, Catalogue of the well-known collections of fine Italian bronzes, majolica and European ceramics...the property of the late E.L. Paget Esq., lot 7.

Legal notes

Purchased with the Leverton Harris Fund.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1949) by Sotheby's

Dating

15th Century
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa 1490 CE - 1520 CE

Note

Perhaps Deruta, Umbria or Montelupo, Tuscany

School or Style

Renaissance