Maker(s) &
Production:
Unidentified Orvieto pottery, pottery, Italy, Umbria, Orvieto
Collection:
H.S. Reitlinger
Category(s):
tin-glazed earthenware; maiolica
Name:
two-handled bowl
Other Name:
two-handled bowl with lobed rim
Date:
circa 1250 — circa 1350
School/Style:
maiolica arcaica
Period(s):
13th Century; 14th Century; Medieval
Description(s):
Late Medieval maiolica two-handled bowl with lobed rim, painted in manganese and green with, on the inside, an eight-petalled stylised flower.
Earthenware, tin-glazed pale greyish-beige on both sides; base unglazed. Painted in manganese and copper-green.
Circular with carinated sides and six-lobed rim, standing on a narrow foot; two strap handles with a slight longtitudinal ridge.
Inside, within two concentric manganese circles, there is an eight-petalled stylised flower surrounded by cross-hatching; on the rim, a green line, and, on the outside, two green bands.
Technique(s):
throwing; body
tin-glazing; whole; except base
painting; decoration
Material(s):
earthenware; whole
tin-glaze; whole; except base
high-temperature colours; decoration; manganese and copper-green
Technique
Description:
earthenware, tin-glazed pale greyish-beige on both sides, base unglazed; painted in manganese and copper-green.
Dimension(s):
height, whole, 7.3, cm
diameter, base, 5.9, cm
width, whole, 18.4, cm
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1991-04-29; Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Provenance:
Purchased from Kerin, London, on 9 December 1933 by H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Associated
Person:
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio; previous owner
Acquisition Credit:
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Inscription:
label; inscribed in pencil; 371/; circular with serrated edge
Alternative
Number:
packing number; EURCER 441; Allocated by Wendy Rose when object left Maidenhead; 1989
Exhibition(s):
Italian Maiolica in the Fitzwilliam Museum. 1995-10-03 - 1996-01-07
Organiser: The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (Cambs.), UK
Venue: The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (Cambs.)
Notes: Case 2, bottom, no. 2
Catalogue number: no catalogue
Documentation:
Poole, Julia E.. 1995. Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Pressp. pp. 54-5
Publ. pp. 54-5, no. 84
Accession:
Object Number: C.94-1991
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 47819; input: 2002-05-16; modified: 2016-08-11)
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