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Maker(s) &
Production:
Unknown, pottery, probably, Italy, Umbria, Orvieto, probably Orvieto
Collection:
H.S. Reitlinger
Category(s):
tin-glazed earthenware; maiolica
Name:
ewer
Date:
circa 1275 — 1350
probably c.1275-1350
School/Style:
maiolica arcaica
Period(s):
13th Century; 14th Century; Medieval
Description(s):
Late Medieval maiolica ewer, painted in manganese and green with leaves, Vs, oblique strokes and lines.
Pale yellowish-buff earthenware. The interior, and exterior of the foot are lead-glazed brownish-yellow; the base is unglazed, and the rest is tin-glazed off-white. Painted in manganese and copper-green.
Shape 14. Globular body on pedestal foot, with cylindrical neck flaring towards the trilobate mouth, and loop handle running down the body at the lower end.
The front is decorated with green Vs and three black-outlined leaves, each containing a smaller green leaf with a hatched centre. The handle is flanked by oblique strokes between two sets of three vertical lines. Below are two black horizontal bands; on the neck, two black bands, spaced lanceolate leaves, and a green chain between pairs of black bands; and on the handle, seven horizontal stripes in alternate colours.
Technique(s):
throwing; body
lead-glazing; interior, foot
tin-glazing; exterior
painting; decoration
Material(s):
earthenware; whole
lead-glaze; interior, foot
tin-glaze; exterior
high-temperature colours; decoration; manganese and copper-green
Technique
Description:
pale yellowish-buff earthenware; the interior, and exterior of the foot are lead-glazed brownish-yellow, the base is unglazed, and the rest is tin-glazed off-white; painted in manganese and copper-green.
Dimension(s):
height, whole, 20.7, cm
diameter, base, 9.2, cm
diameter, body, 11.1, cm
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1950; Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Provenance:
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, part of lot 69. William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, The William Ridout collection of Italian majolica, European pottery, faience and delftware, part of lot 104 or 105; 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:
Globular ewers with tall necks and pedestal feet were made in Umbria, Lazio, and Tuscany from at least the early fourteenth century.
Acquisition Credit:
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Inscription(s):
inscription; on base; in pencil; '69/5' and '9'
label; printed in blue and inscribed in blue-black ink; 'WILLIAM RIDOUT COLLECTION' printed in blue, 'O/68' inscribed in blue-black ink; circular with blue border
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 1, top, no. 18
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. 15
Publ. p. 15, O. 68
Poole, Julia E.. 1995. Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Pressp. pp. 35-6
Publ. pp. 35-6, no. 52
Blake, Hugo. 1980. The archaic maiolica of north-central Italy: Montalcino, Assisi and Tolentino.
Source Title: Faenza 66 1-6 ()
p. pp. 91-106
Cf. pp. 91-106, pl. XIVa & b. An example of a jug of this type, shown in a predella of the 'Marriage at Cana' from Duccio's 'Maesta', now in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena.
Accession:
Object Number: C.59-1991
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 47530; input: 2002-05-10; modified: 2012-10-10)
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