Maker:
Unknown; pottery
Collection:
H.S. Reitlinger
Category(s):
tin-glazed earthenware; maiolica
Name:
two-handled cup
Date:
circa 1250 — 1350
School/Style:
maiolica arcaica
Period(s):
13th Century; 14th Century; Medieval
Description(s):
Late Medieval maiolica two-handled cup, painted in manganese and green with, on the inside, a spotted leaf.
Earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white on the inside and lead-glazed (?) pale brown on the outside. Painted in manganese and copper-green.
Shape 21. Circular with carinated sides, narrow foot and two loop handles of oval section.
Inside, within two manganese concentric circles, there is a spotted leaf surrounded by cross-hatching; on the rim, a green band; on the outside, a horizontal green band and a spot on the right handle.
Production
Place:
Italy, Umbria, Orvieto
Production
Place (legacy):
Orvieto, pottery, place
Umbria, pottery, region
Italy, pottery, country
Technique(s):
throwing; body
tin-glazing; inside
lead-glazing; outside; uncertain
painting; decoration
Material(s):
earthenware; whole
tin-glaze; inside
lead-glaze; outside; uncertain
high-temperature colours; decoration; manganese and copper-green
Technique
Description:
earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white on the inside and lead-glazed (?) pale brown on the outside; painted in manganese and copper-green.
Dimension(s):
height, whole, 5.0, cm
diameter, foot, 3.8, cm
width, whole, 14.4, 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,probably 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:
label; printed in blue and inscribed in blue-black ink; 'WILLIAM RIDOUT COLLECTION' printed in blue, 'O./30.' in blue-black ink; circular with blue border
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.30 & pl.VI
Poole, Julia E.. 1995. Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Pressp. p. 50
Publ. p. 50, no. 74
Accession:
Object Number: C.101-1991
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 47826; input: 2002-05-17; modified: 2012-10-10)
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