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Maker:
Unknown; pottery
Collection:
H.S. Reitlinger
Category(s):
tin-glazed earthenware; maiolica
Name:
two-handled cup
Other Name:
two-handled cup with lobed rim
Date:
circa 1250 — circa 1350
School/Style:
maiolica arcaica
Period(s):
13th Century; 14th Century; Medieval
Description(s):
Late Medieval maiolica two-handled cup with lobed rim, painted in black and green with, on the inside, a lobed leaf.
Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-beige on both sides; base unglazed. Painted in black and copper-green.
Shape 26. Circular with six-lobed rim, curved sides, narrow base and two loop handles.
Inside, within two concentric circles, there is a lobed leaf with a green centre surrounded by cross-hatching; on the outside, a wavy green line.
Production
Place:
Italy, Umbria, Orvieto
Production
Place (legacy):
Orvieto, pottery, place
Umbria, pottery, region
Italy, pottery, country
Technique(s):
throwing; body
tin-glazing; whole; base unglazed
painting; decoration
Material(s):
earthenware; whole
tin-glaze; whole; base unglazed
high-temperature colours; decoration; black and copper-green
Technique
Description:
pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-beige on both sides, base unglazed; painted in black and copper-green.
Dimension(s):
height, whole, 4.5, cm
diameter, base, 4.0, cm
width, whole, 12.5, cm
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1991-04-29; Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Provenance:
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
Documentation:
Poole, Julia E.. 1995. Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Pressp. p. 62
Publ. p. 62, no. 97
Sconci, Maria Selene. Andreani, Laura. Cannistrà, Alessandra. 2011. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo di Orvieto Ceramiche.Orvieto: Giunti
Cf. p. 115, no. 239, dated to the 14th century, where this example is mentioned
Accession:
Object Number: C.107-1991
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 47832; input: 2002-05-17; modified: 2012-11-27)
Permanent
Identifier:
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