Jug Oval shaped jug, trefoil rim, ribbon handle, flat support...

Jug
Oval shaped jug, trefoil rim, ribbon handle, flat support and no base.
White majolica with sub-painted heraldic Lily on the front, realized in "zaffera" relief and manganese pigments.

H. cm. 20; Øb. cm. 8 x 7,5; Øp. cm.7.

Cond.: very good; little parts of the rim and handles are missing.
Reference: “Maioliche faentine dall’Arcaico al Rinascimento” Catalogue, (edit by) Francesco Liverani- Rino Casadio, Studio Felsina, Bologna 1984, pp. 24-25.

This beautiful jug is almost intact and it was published in 1984. It is part of the incredible Severo style, Faenza manufacturing of XIV and XV century, characterized by "zaffera” relief, adorned with the Lily, the Papal faction emblem. In fact, the city of Faenza was assigned by the Pope to the Guelph part of Manfredi family's Vicariate. The lily is also attested on a bowl with the typical "zaffera” relief, vessel discovered in city’s layers of Faenza.

[Reference: Cfr.,C.Guarnieri, Il bello dei butti, Rifiuti e ricerca archeologica a Faenza tra Medioevo ed Età Moderna, Florence 2009, fig. 8]