Maker:
Unknown; pottery; probably
Collection:
H.S. Reitlinger
Category(s):
tin-glazed earthenware; maiolica
Name:
two-handled bowl
Date:
circa 1300 — 1400
School/Style:
maiolica arcaica
Period(s):
14th Century; Medieval
Description(s):
Late Medieval maiolica two-handled bowl, painted in manganese and green with leaves, zig-zags, horizontal bands and a chain.
Cream earthenware, tin-glazed inside; unglazed exterior. Painted in manganese and copper-green.
Circular base, sloping sides rising to an extremely warped oval rim; two wide strap handles with a thumb print at the top.
Inside, within two concentric circles, there are two crossed wavy stems with a leaf at each end and small leaves in the spaces. The lower part of the side is decorated with a zig-zag and leaves between pairs of horizontal bands, and, higher up, there is a green chain and a manganese band.
Production
Place:
Italy, Umbria, Orvieto, probably
Production
Place (legacy):
Orvieto, pottery, place
Umbria, pottery, region
Italy, pottery, country
Technique(s):
throwing; body
tin-glazing; interior
painting; decoration
Material(s):
earthenware; whole
tin-glaze; interior
high-temperature colours; decoration; manganese and copper-green
Technique
Description:
cream earthenware; tin-glazed inside, unglazed exterior; painted in manganese and copper-green.
Dimension(s):
height, whole, 11.0, cm
diameter, base, 13.5, cm
diameter, rim, 26.7, cm
width, whole, 27.7, cm
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1950; Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Provenance:
William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, The William Ridout collection of Italian majolica, European pottery, faience and delftware, part of lot 107; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Associated
Person(s):
Ridout, William; previous owner
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio; previous owner
Acquisition Credit:
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Inscription(s):
label; printed in blue and inscribed in blue-black ink; 'WILLIAM RIDOUT COLLECTION' printed in blue, 'O./36' in blue-black ink; circular with blue border
label; inscribed in pencil; 107; brown tie-on
Documentation:
Honey, William Bowyer. Ridout, F.U.. 1934. A Catalogue of the Collection of Italian and other Maiolica, Mediaeval English Pottery, Dutch, Spanish and French Faïence, and other Ceramic Wares, formed by William Ridout of London and Toronto.London: p. p. 13
Publ. probably p. 13, O.36
Poole, Julia E.. 1995. Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Pressp. p. 73
Publ. p. 73, no. 122
Accession:
Object Number: C.84-1991
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 47807; input: 2002-05-16; modified: 2012-10-10)
Permanent
Identifier:
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