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Maker/s	Unknown (pottery)
Collection	H.S. Reitlinger
Category	tin-glazed earthenware maiolica
Name	jug
School/Style	maiolica arcaica
Description	Late Medieval maiolica jug, painted underglaze in manganese and green with a shield on the front. Pale buff earthenware. The handle, rim, spout and neck on one side are restored in buff fabric. The rest is reconstructed from several pieces, with an area of restoration at the front. The edge of the base is chipped all round. Painted underglaze in dark manganese-black and copper-green. Shape 19. Piriform with disk base, short neck flaring towards the trilobate mouth; loop handle of D section with slight longtitudinal depression. On the front is a green-outlined shield charged with a cinquefoil vert. A dribble of green has been dropped on the rim.
Production Place	Orvieto (pottery) (city) Umbria (pottery) (region) Italy (pottery) (country)
Technique Description	pale buff earthenware; the handle, rim, spout and neck on one side are restored in buff fabric, the rest is reconstructed from several pieces, with an area of restoration at the front; the edge of the base is chipped all round; painted underglaze in dark manganese-black and copper-green.
Dimensions	height: (whole): 16.0 cm diameter: (base): 9.3 cm diameter: (body): 11.6 cm width: (front to handle): 13.9 cm
Period	14th Century Medieval
Date	circa 1300 to 1400
Provenance	bequeathed: Reitlinger, Henry Scipio 1950 (Filtered for: Applied Arts collection) 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 79G (2 ?). William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, 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	inscription Position: on base Method: in pencil Content: 79G/4 Description: label Method: printed in blue and inscribed in blue-black ink Content: 'WILLIAM RIDOUT COLLECTION' printed in blue, 'O/62' in blue-black ink Description: circular with blue border label Method: inscribed in pencil Content: 104/20 Description: brown tie-on label
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.62] Poole, Julia E. (1995) Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Press [page: pp. 46-7] [comments: Publ. pp. 46-7, no. 67]
Other Notes
Accession Number	C.57-1991 (Applied Arts) (Reference Number: 47528; Input Date: 2002-05-10 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)

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