Drug Jar
early 15th century (made)
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Drug jar of tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), painted in manganese-purple and copper- green and depicting a pair of fish, facing each other, on one side. Bulbous body, wide neck, tubular spout connected by a looped tie with the neck, broad flat loop handle. On the one side which remains intact are two fishes confronted against a background of cross-hatching in a rectangular panel. Below the spout the inscription CA (with line above) in Lombardic characters. The lower part covered with a yellow lead glaze.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | buff earthenware covered, partly, with a tin glaze and partly with a lead glaze and painted in purple and green |
| Brief description | Tin-glazed earthenware painted in green and brown. Italian (Orvieto), 1300-50 |
| Physical description | Drug jar of tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), painted in manganese-purple and copper- green and depicting a pair of fish, facing each other, on one side. Bulbous body, wide neck, tubular spout connected by a looped tie with the neck, broad flat loop handle. On the one side which remains intact are two fishes confronted against a background of cross-hatching in a rectangular panel. Below the spout the inscription CA (with line above) in Lombardic characters. The lower part covered with a yellow lead glaze. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | CA (with line above) |
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| Credit line | Given by Sydney Vacher |
| Object history | The donor of this jug, Sydney Vacher, acquired it at the sale of the the collections of Avvocato Mancioni and Cavaliere Capitano Lucatelli, Cat. Sotheby's, London 16-17 Feb. 1914 Said to have been found in a well in Orvieto. |
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| Other number | 23 - Rackham (1940) |
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| Accession number | C.328-1914 |
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| Record created | October 15, 2007 |
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