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Maker/s	Unknown probably (pottery)
Collection	H.S. Reitlinger
Category	tin-glazed earthenware maiolica
Name	jug
School/Style	maiolica arcaica
Description	Late Medieval maiolica jug, painted in manganese and green with a shield on the front. Pale buff earthenware. The interior and lower part are lead-glazed yellowish-brown; the base is unglazed, and the rest is tin-glazed beige. Painted in dark manganese and green. Shape 11. Globular body with disk base, tall cylindrical neck, carinated rim, pinched spout and loop handle of D-section. The front is decorated with a shield with a green edge charged with a fess cotised sable.
Production Place	Orvieto (pottery) (place) Umbria (pottery) (region) Italy (pottery) (country)
Technique Description	Pale buff earthenware. The interior and lower part are lead-glazed yellowish-brown; the base is unglazed, and the rest is tin-glazed beige. Painted in dark manganese and copper-green.
Dimensions	height: (whole): 17.5 cm diameter: (base): 8.0 cm diameter: (body): 10.6 cm width: (handle to spout): 13.0 cm
Period	13th Century 14th Century Medieval
Date	circa 1275 to 1375
Provenance	bequeathed: Reitlinger, Henry Scipio 1950 (Filtered for: Applied Arts collection) William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, The William Ridout collection of Italian majolica, European pottery, faience and delftware, part of lot 104; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991. H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Inscriptions/Marks	label Method: printed in blue and inscribed in blue-black ink Content: 'WILLIAM RIDOUT COLLECTION' printed in blue, 'O/40' in blue-black ink Description: circular with blue border label Method: inscribed in pencil Content: 104/20 Description: brown tie-on
Documentation	Honey, William Bowyer (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 [page: p. 14] [comments: Publ. p. 14, O.40] Poole, Julia E. (1995) Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Press [page: p. 30] [comments: Publ. p. 30, no. 42]
Other Notes	The restricted colour range, and the difficulty of knowing whether a fess or a fess cotised was intended, prevents a secure identification of the arms.
Accession Number	C.48-1991 (Applied Arts) (Reference Number: 47461; Input Date: 2002-05-08 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)

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