Maker:
Unknown; pottery
Collection:
H.S. Reitlinger
Category(s):
tin-glazed earthenware; maiolica
Name:
bowl
Date:
circa 1300 — 1400
School/Style:
maiolica arcaica
Period(s):
14th Century; Late Medieval
Description(s):
Late Medieval maiolica bowl, painted in black and green with, on the inside, a rhomboidal area of cross-hatching.
Earthenware, tin-glazed beige on both sides; base unglazed. Painted in black and copper-green.
Shape 32. Circular with narrow sloping rim and deep curved sides, standing on a narrow foot.
Inside, there is a rhomboidal area of cross-hatching surrounded by a green line, and, further out, three short black lines and three longer green lines.
Production
Place:
Italy, Umbria, 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
high-temperature colours; decoration; black and copper-green
Technique
Description:
earthenware, tin-glazed beige on both sides, base unglazed; painted in black and copper-green.
Dimension(s):
height, whole, 4.6, cm
diameter, whole, 9.9, 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 108; 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:
Comparable motifs occur on two-handled bowls in the Fondazione Horne, Florence and the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Orvieto, and, more boldly drawn with cross-hatched centres, on several fragments recovered from a 'butto' under the Palazzo del Popolo, Orvieto, which from architectural evidence were deposited not earlier than the 1280s.
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/14' in blue-black ink; circular with blue border
label; inscribed in blue-black ink; 108/25; circular with blue edge
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.14.
Poole, Julia E.. 1995. Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Pressp. pp. 69-70
Publ. pp. 69-70, no. 114
Satolli, Alberto. 1990. Orvieto, il Palazzo del Popolo e i suoi restauri.Orvieto: Bollettino dell'Instituto Storico Artistico Orvietanap. p. 148
Cf. examples of fragments with more boldly drawn, comparable motifs, recovered from a 'butto' under the Palazzo del Popolo, Orvieto, p. 148, fig. 167.
Milan, Castello Sforzesco. Satolli, Alberto. 1983. La ceramica orvietana del medioevo I.Florence: Castello Sforzescop. pp. 61, 72
Cf. examples of two-handled bowls with comparable motifs in the Fondazione Horne, Florence and the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Orvieto, respectively p. 61, no. 33, p. 72, no. 66.
Accession:
Object Number: C.111-1991
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 47836; input: 2002-05-17; modified: 2012-10-10)
Permanent
Identifier:
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