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Maker(s) &
Production:
Unknown, pottery, Italy, Umbria, Orvieto
Collection:
H.S. Reitlinger
Category(s):
tin-glazed earthenware; maiolica
Name:
two-handled bowl
Date:
circa 1300 — 1400
School/Style:
maiolica arcaica
Period(s):
14th Century; Medieval
Description(s):
Late Medieval maiolica two-handled bowl, painted in manganese and green in the middle with a four-petalled flower.
Pale yellowish-buff earthenware. Tin-glazed greyish-ivory inside; lead-glazed pale greenish-brown on the exterior. Painted in manganese and copper-green.
Approximately Shape 33. Circular with flat rim which has warped, curved sides, narrow disk base, and two strap handles.
In the middle, within two concentric manganese circles, there is a four-petalled flower with green crossed pointed petals in the centre, and cross-hatching in the spaces; on the sides, a green band.
Technique(s):
throwing; body
tin-glazing; interior
lead-glazing; exterior
painting; decoration
Material(s):
earthenware; whole
tin-glaze; interior
lead-glaze; exterior
high-temperature colours; decoration; manganese and copper-green
Technique
Description:
pale yellowish-buff earthenware; tin-glazed greyish-ivory inside, lead-glazed pale greenish-brown on the exterior; painted in manganese and copper-green.
Dimension(s):
height, whole, 7.1, cm
diameter, base, 6.9, cm
width, whole, 19.0, cm
width, original handle-rim, 16.3, 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 129. 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
Acquisition Credit:
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Inscription:
inscription; on the base; in pencil; 129/4
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 2, bottom, no. 12
Catalogue number: no catalogue
Documentation:
Poole, Julia E.. 1995. Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Pressp. p. 71
Publ. p. 71, no. 118
Accession:
Object Number: C.88-1991
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 47811; input: 2002-05-16; modified: 2012-10-10)
Permanent
Identifier:
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