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Maker/s | Unknown (pottery) |
Collection | |
Category |
tin-glazed earthenware |
Name |
two-handled cup |
School/Style | |
Description | Late Medieval maiolica two-handled cup, painted in black and green with, on the inside, a shield. Earthenware. Tin-glazed beige overall. Painted in black and copper-green. Approximately Shape 21. One third of a cup with carinated sides, narrow foot and one strap handle with a longtitudinal ridge; the other restored. Inside, there is a medallion with a green ground containing a shield charged with vair, surrounded by a cross-hatched border interrupted by leaf-shaped reserves containing three green strokes. The rim is green, and, on the outside, there is a horizontal green band. |
Production Place | Orvieto (pottery) (place) Umbria (pottery) (region) Italy (pottery) (country) |
Technique Description | earthenware: tin-glazed beige overall; painted in black and copper-green. |
Dimensions |
height: (whole): 4.6
cm |
Period | 13th Century |
Date | circa 1250 to 1350 |
Provenance | bequeathed: Reitlinger, Henry Scipio 1950 (Filtered for: Applied Arts collection) Probably purchased from Kerin, London, on 9 December 1933 by H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950 |
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Documentation |
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Other Notes | The pencilled inscription does not refer to lot 114 in the Marcioni-Lucatelli sale. |
Accession Number | C.95-1991 (Applied Arts) |
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