Two-handled vase: C.260-1991

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

• Two-handled vase

Categories

• Tin-glazed earthenware
• Maiolica

Description

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.

Notes

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.

Legal notes

H.S.Reitlinger Bequest, 1950

Place(s) associated

• Laterza ⪼ Puglia ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

17th Century#
Circa 1630 CE - 1700 CE