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Maker/s

Unknown (pottery)

Category

tin-glazed earthenware
maiolica

Name

jug

School/Style

maiolica arcaica

Description

Cream earthenware; the interior and lower part of the exterior lead-glazed honey-yellow; the rest thinly tin-glazed ivory; the glaze crazed. Painted in copper-green and manganese-brown. Shape 7. Ovoid with flat base; cylindrical neck, expanding slightly towards the rim; broad strap handle; spout formed by a strip of clay folded and pressed to the neck and shoulder. The spout and handle are flanked by three vertical manganese lines forming side panels, each crossed by a row of horizontal chevrons between narrow horizontal lines, with, above and below, two sets of a green and a manganese line. On the front, below the spout, there is an almond-shaped motif with a saltire cross over it. Below and round the neck are two manganese horizontal bands; on the spout, horizontal stripes in alternate colours; and on the handle, seven alternate oblique stripes.

Production Place

Orvieto (pottery) (place)

Umbria (pottery) (region)

Italy (pottery) (country)

Technique Description

cream earthenware; the interior and lower part of the exterior lead-glazed honey-yellow; the rest thinly tin-glazed ivory; the glaze crazed; painted in copper-green and manganese-brown.

Dimensions

height: (whole): 23.3 cm
diameter: (base): 7.5 cm
diameter: (body): 14.2 cm
width: (whole): 18.0 cm

Period

13th-14th Century
Medieval

Date

circa 1250 to 1350

Provenance

bequeathed: Harris, F. Leverton, The Right Hon. 1926 (Filtered for: Applied Arts collection)

Unknown.

The Right Hon. F. Leverton Harris Bequest, 1926

Documentation

1. Borenius, Tancred (1931) The Leverton Harris Collection, London: Privately printed
   [comments: Publ. pl. XIV]

Other Notes

Accession Number

C.112-1927 (Applied Arts)
(Reference Number: 47323; Input Date: 2002-05-08 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)