Maker:
Unknown; pottery; probably
Collection:
H.S. Reitlinger
Category(s):
tin-glazed earthenware; maiolica
Name:
cup
Other Name:
cup with one handle
Date:
circa 1300 — circa 1400
School/Style:
maiolica arcaica
Period(s):
14th Century; Medieval
Description(s):
Late Medieval maiolica cup with one handle, painted in black and green, painted in black and green with, on the inside, a grotesque bearded face.
Earthenware. Very thinly tin-glazed beige on both sides; base unglazed. Painted in black and copper-green.
Shape 21, with one handle missing. Circular with carinated sides, narrow foot and one narrow strap handle.
Inside, there is a C or G enclosing a grotesque bearded face; on the outside, a green horizontal band between two black.
Production
Place:
Italy, Umbria, Orvieto, probably Orvieto
Production
Place (legacy):
Orvieto, pottery, place
Umbria, pottery, region
Italy, pottery, country
Technique(s):
throwing; body
tin-glazing; whole; except base
painting; decoration
Material(s):
earthenware; whole
tin-glaze; whole; (except base) appears beige
high-temperature colours; decoration; black and copper-green
Technique
Description:
earthenware: very thinly tin-glazed beige on both sides, base unglazed; painted in black and copper-green.
Dimension(s):
height, whole, 5.0, cm
diameter, foot, 4.3, cm
width, whole, 12.9, cm
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1950; Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Provenance:
Probably 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 131 (1). 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./27.' in blue-black ink; circular with blue border
label; inscribed in blue-black ink; 107/17; circular with blue border
inscription; on the side; in pencil; 4
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. 27
Poole, Julia E.. 1995. Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Pressp. p. 53
Publ. p. 53, no. 81
Accession:
Object Number: C.103-1991
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 47828; input: 2002-05-17; modified: 2012-10-10)
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