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Maker:
Unknown; pottery; probably
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 two shields on the front.
Earthenware. The interior and foot are lead-glazed yellowish-brown; the rest of the original fabric is tin-glazed off-white. Painted in manganese and copper-green.
Shape approximately 14. Globular body on a pedestal foot, the neck, spout and upper part of the handle restored; the lower part of the handle has a longtitudinal ridge and runs down the body before terminating.
The front is decorated with two shields separated by cross-hatching and foliage, two pieces of which are held by hands. Below are small panels containing alternately cross-hatching and a leaf reserved in cross-hatching; above, panels containing alternately cross-hatching and a rosette reserved in cross-hatching. On each side of the handle, there are horizontal S hooks between two sets of three vertical lines, and, round the lower part, two manganese bands. The bottom of the handle is chequered with stripes of alternate colours, and, below it, there is a green brush stroke resembling a 2.
Production
Place:
Italy, Umbria, Orvieto, probably Orvieto
Production
Place (legacy):
Orvieto, pottery, place
Umbria, pottery, region
Italy, pottery, country
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:
earthenware: the interior and foot are lead-glazed yellowish-brown, the rest of the original fabric is tin-glazed off-white; painted in manganese and copper-green.
Dimension(s):
height, whole, 31.5, cm
diameter, foot, 10.9, cm
diameter, handle to front, 17.5, cm
height, detached neck, 13.0, cm
height, detached handle, 8.4, 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, lot 59 & pl. IV. Purchased from Kerin, London, on 9 December 1933 by H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Associated
Person:
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio; previous owner
Notes:
This jug has been dismantled since it was illustrated in the Marcioni--Lucatelli sale catalogue in 1914. The tall slender neck (Cat. no. 53A, C.60A-1991), and the upper part of the handle, which is striped differently from the lower part and is probably not the original (Cat. no. 53B, C.60B-1991), have been replaced.
Acquisition Credit:
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Inscription(s):
label; inscribed in indelible pencil; 724; oval with gold edge
inscription; on the base; inscribed in pencil; 59
Exhibition(s):
Mission Impossible? Ethics and Choices in Conservation. 2006-07-01 - 2006-09-24
Organiser: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Venue: The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (Cambs.)
Notes: See Documentation
Documentation:
Poole, Julia E.. 1995. Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Pressp. p. 36-7
Publ. pp. 36-7, no. 53
The Fitzwilliam Museum. 2006. Mission Impossible? Ethics and Choices in Conservation, Brief Guide.Cambridge (Cambs.): The Fitzwilliam Museump. 9
Publ. unpaginated p. 9, with incorrect text statement that the made up areas were done after accessioning by the Museum.
Satolli, Alberto. Le vecchie collezioni di ceramica orvietana medievale.
Source Title: Vasellari, Rivista di storia della tradizione ceramica(1997)
p. p. 34
Publ. p. 34, no. 59
Related Object(s):
Accession:
Object Number: C.60-1991
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 47551; input: 2002-05-10; modified: 2012-10-10)
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