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Maker/s

Unknown (pottery)

Collection

H.S. Reitlinger

Category

tin-glazed earthenware
maiolica

Name

jug

Description

Late Medieval maiolica jug, painted in manganese and green with a grid pattern on the sides and a leaf on the front.

Pale buff earthenware; the interior and lower part lead-glazed pale yellowish-brown; the rest tin-glazed greyish-white. Painted in manganese and copper-green. Shape 7. Ovoid with flat base, cylindrical neck, applied folded spout and broad strap handle. The spout and handle are flanked by three manganese lines forming side panels, each containing a grid of horizontal and vertical lines. There is a leaf on each side of the spout, and under it, a leaf on a coiling stem. The lower part is encircled by two manganese horizontal bands and the neck by three (mostly missing). The handle has five horizontal stripes in alternate colours.

Production Notes

maiolica arcaica

Production Place

Orvieto (pottery) (place)

Umbria (pottery) (region)

Italy (pottery) (country)

Technique Description

pale buff earthenware; the interior and lower part lead-glazed pale yellowish-brown, the rest tin-glazed greyish-white, painted in manganese and green.

Dimensions

height: (whole): 19.5 cm
diameter: (base): 8.2 cm
diameter: (body): 13.8 cm
width: (handle to spout): 17.3 cm

Period

13th Century
14th Century
Medieval

Date

circa 1250 to 1350

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 or 105; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.

Inscriptions/Marks

1. label
   Method: printed in blue and inscribed in blue-black ink
   Content: 'WILLIAM RIDOUT COLLECTION' printed in blue 'O.54.' inscribed in blue-black ink
   Description: circular with blue border
   

Documentation

1. 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.54.]
2. Poole, Julia E. (1995) Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Press [page: pp. 16-17]
   [comments: Publ. pp. 16-17, no. 19]

Other Notes

Accession Number

C.28-1991 (Applied Arts)
(Reference Number: 47367; Input Date: 2002-05-08 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)