Drug Jar
1574 (dated)
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Drug jar of tin-glazed earthenware. Cylindrical in shape. Painted with trophies, brown on blue, and on one side is a figure of a queen seated on a throne. On the label the inscription: "V. MORDIFICHAT"
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware |
| Brief description | Drug jar of tin-glazed earthenware, possibly made at The Marches, Italy, dated 1574 |
| Physical description | Drug jar of tin-glazed earthenware. Cylindrical in shape. Painted with trophies, brown on blue, and on one side is a figure of a queen seated on a throne. On the label the inscription: "V. MORDIFICHAT" |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'V. mordifichat' (Inscribed below the queen) |
| Object history | Provenance: Bought 3l |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Elisa Sani, Not in Rackham - 'Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Victoria and Albert Museum – Part 1', in: Keramos 210 (2010), pp. 1-30, cat. 41 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 4389A-1857 |
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| Record created | April 8, 2010 |
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