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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Wet Drug Jar

1575-1625 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tin-glazed earthenware albarello (wet drug jar) painted in colours.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Tin-glazed earthenware albarello (wet drug jar) painted in colours, possibly made at Montpellier or in Brussels, 1575-1625
Physical description
Tin-glazed earthenware albarello (wet drug jar) painted in colours.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.5in
Object history
Purchased by the Museum at the W. Ridout sale at Christie's 13/12/1938
Formerly W. Ridout Collection
Production
Attribution Place: Montpellier or Nîmes/ possibly Brussels; cf. D Guillemé Brulon, Moustiers et Marseille: sources et rayonnement, Paris, 1997, fig.1 (?) p.143
Collection
Accession number
C.303-1938

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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