Maker:
Unknown; pottery; probably
Collection:
H.S. Reitlinger
Category(s):
tin-glazed earthenware; maiolica
Name:
neck (container components)
Other Name:
neck of a jug
Date:
circa 1275 — 1350
probably c.1275-1350
School/Style:
maiolica arcaica
Period(s):
13th Century; 14th Century; Medieval
Description(s):
Late Medieval maiolica neck of a jug, painted in manganese and green with leaves, cross-hatching, lines and strokes.
Neck of a jug in thirteen fragments. Pale buff earthenware. Cylindrical neck of a jug with a carinated rim and pinched lip. The interior is lead-glazed brownish-yellow; the exterior is tin-glazed. Painted in dark manganese and a little green.
The design incorporates a scrolling leaf border at the bottom, cross-hatching and a circular green motif below the lip, and, at the sides, groups of three vertical lines flanking pairs of short strokes.
Production
Place:
Italy, Umbria, Orvieto, probably Orvieto
Production
Place (legacy):
Orvieto, pottery, place
Umbria, pottery, region
Italy, pottery, country
Technique(s):
throwing; body
lead-glazing; interior
tin-glazing; exterior
painting; decoration
Material(s):
earthenware; whole
lead-glaze; interior
tin-glaze; exterior
high-temperature colours; decoration; dark manganese and copper-green
Technique
Description:
pale buff earthenware: the interior is lead-glazed brownish-yellow, the exterior is tin-glazed; painted in dark manganese and a little copper-green.
Dimension(s):
height, whole, 13.0, cm
width, whole, 7.7, cm
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1950; Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Provenance:
Signor Avvocato Marcioni or Cavaliere Capitano Lucatelli; Sotheby's, 16-17 February 1914, Catalogue of the collections of early Italian pottery formed by Signor Avvocato Marcioni and Cavaliere Capitano Lucatelli of Orvieto, lot 59 & pl. IV. Purchased from Kerin, London, on 9 December 1933 by H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Associated
Person:
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio; previous owner
Notes:
In 1914 this was attached to jug C.60-1991.
Acquisition Credit:
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Documentation:
Poole, Julia E.. 1995. Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Pressp. p. 37
Publ. p. 37, no. 53A
Satolli, Alberto. Le vecchie collezioni di ceramica orvietana medievale.
Source Title: Vasellari, Rivista di storia della tradizione ceramica(1997)
p. p. 34
Publ. p. 34, no. 59
Related Object(s):
Accession:
Object Number: C.60A-1991
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 47563; input: 2002-05-10; modified: 2012-10-10)
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