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

Drug Pot

late 15th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drug-pot (albarello), painted in dark blue, orange, manganese purple and pale bluish copper green. On the front, a wreath of Gothic foliage and peacock-feather ornament tied with ribbons forming a medallion traversed by a band inscribed in Gothic characters 'rob nucum'; beneath, the head of a figure in profile facing to the right.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Drug pot (albarello), tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours with the inscription 'rob nucum', foliage, peacock feathers and a head in profile, made in Deruta, late 15th century
Physical description
Drug-pot (albarello), painted in dark blue, orange, manganese purple and pale bluish copper green. On the front, a wreath of Gothic foliage and peacock-feather ornament tied with ribbons forming a medallion traversed by a band inscribed in Gothic characters 'rob nucum'; beneath, the head of a figure in profile facing to the right.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.5cm
  • Diameter: 13cm
Marks and inscriptions
rob nucum (On the front a wreath of Gothic foliage and peacock-feather ornament tied with ribbons forming a medallion traversed by a band inscribed in Gothic characters: rob nucum)
Translation
rob of nuts
Object history
Bought from Mr. Charles Fairfax Murray, London
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Rackham B., Italian Maiolica, London, Faber &Faber, 1952
Other number
139 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
362-1889

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Record createdMarch 14, 2006
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