Maker(s) &
Production:
Unknown, pottery, Italy, Umbria, Orvieto
Collection:
H.S. Reitlinger
Category(s):
tin-glazed earthenware; maiolica
Name:
two-handled bowl
Date:
circa 1300 — 1425
School/Style:
maiolica arcaica
Period(s):
14th Century; 1st quarter 15th century; Late Medieval
Description(s):
Late Medieval maiolica two-handled bowl, painted in black and green with, on the inside, two crossed pointed leaves with a trefoil leaf and wavy line in the spaces.
Two handled bowl. Buff earthenware. Tin-glazed greyish-beige on the inside; lead-glazed yellowish-brown on the exterior; base unglazed. Painted in black and copper-green.
Shape 31. Circular with uneven rim, curved sides, narrow foot and two strap handles.
Inside, within two black concentric circles, there are two crossed pointed leaves with a trefoil leaf and a wavy line in each of the spaces; on the sides, a wavy green band and a black band close to the rim.
Technique(s):
throwing; body
tin-glazing; inside
lead-glazing; exterior; base unglazed
painting; decoration
Material(s):
earthenware; whole
tin-glaze; inside
lead-glaze; exterior; base unglazed
high-temperature colours; decoration; black and copper-green
Technique
Description:
buff earthenware; tin-glazed greyish-beige on the inside, lead-glazed yellowish-brown on the exterior; base unglazed; painted in black and copper-green.
Dimension(s):
height, whole, 7.5, cm
diameter, foot, 6.7, cm
width, whole, 19.6, cm
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1950; Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Provenance:
William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, 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
Notes:
Variants of the central motif occur frequently, for example on bowls in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Orvieto , and the MICF.
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./32' inscribed in blue-black ink; circular with blue border
label; inscribed in pencil; 107/17; brown tie-on
Exhibition(s):
Italian Maiolica in the Fitzwilliam Museum. 1995-10-03 - 1996-01-07
Organiser: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Venue: The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (Cambs.)
Notes: Case 2, bottom, no. 11
Catalogue number: no catalogue
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. p. 13, O.32
Poole, Julia E.. 1995. Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Pressp. p. 68
Publ. p. 68, no. 111
Milan, Castello Sforzesco. Satolli, Alberto. 1983. La ceramica orvietana del medioevo I.Florence: Castello Sforzescop. p. 113
Cf. example of a bowl with a similar central motif, in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Orvieto, p. 113, no. 187.
Fiocco, Carola. Gherardi, Gabriella. 1988. Ceramiche Umbre dal Medioevo allo Storicismo, Parte Prima, Orvieto e Deruta.Faenza:
Source Title: MICF, Catalogo generale delle raccolte 5 I ()
p. p. 220
Cf. example of bowls with a similar central motif, in the MICF, p. 220, no. 86.
Accession:
Object Number: C.91-1991
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 47814; input: 2002-05-16; modified: 2012-10-10)
Permanent
Identifier:
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