Drug Jar
ca. 1515 (made)
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Drug jar, tin-glazed earthenware, 'm.indi' painted round top on band below shoulder, made in Italy, ca. 1515
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Drug jar, tin-glazed earthenware, 'm.indi' painted round top on band below shoulder, made in Italy, ca. 1515 |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'm.indi' (Painted in Gothic script round the top, below the shoulder, on a band.) |
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| Object history | Purchase: Henry Wallis Collection. Purchase price note: 1116 to 1151-1904 purchased for £700. |
| Production | M. Indi: "This name almost certainly denotes "Myrobulanus Indius" or "Indian Myrobalan". Indian Myrobalan is a tree of co genus Terminalia, native in the East, which yields a plum-like fruit, used in medicine as an astringent", letter from Rudolf E. A. Drey January 1975. |
| Bibliographic reference | Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977 |
| Other number | 371 - Rackham (1977) |
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| Accession number | 1116-1904 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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