Maker: Unknown
Maiolica two-handled vase, painted in polychrome with, on the front, an oval panel with a three-quarter length figure of a woman, surrounded by panels, scrolling foliage, roses and buds.
Earthenware, tin-glazed thinly on the interior and exterior; base unglazed. Painted in greyish-blue, yellow, and orange.
Globular body with tall cylindrical neck and two twisted handles, curling up a little on each side at the lower ends.
On the front is a rabbit beside a tree flanked by curved borders, palmettes, and formal foliage; on the neck, a huntsman holding a gun stands between vertical borders. Both panels have a yellow background, which on the lower part has orange curls round the edge. The lower part of the back is decorated with a circular medallion flanked by fans and formal foliage, and the neck with a rectangular panel containing a rosette, scrolls and palmettes. Round the top and bottom of the neck and the lower part of the back, are horizontal yellow and orange bands and blue spots, the latter omitted on the lower part of the front.
History note: William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, The William Ridout collection of Italian majolica, European pottery, faience and delftware, part of lot 102; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S.Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Height: 27.2 cm
Width: 22.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
17th Century#
Circa
1630
CE
-
1700
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( greyish-blue, yellow, and orange)
Mouth
Diameter 12.0 cm
Body
Handles
base unglazed
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Inscription present: green rectangle
Accession number: C.260-1991
Primary reference Number: 81282
Packing number: EURCER 131
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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