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On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Drug Jar

ca. 1475 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Deruta (made)

Drug-pot with two elbowed loop handles, externally concave. Tin-glazed earthenware.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Maiolica
Earthenware
Object type
Drug jar
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Painted
Tin Glazing
Painting
Brief description
Drug-pot with two elbowed loop handles, tin-glazed earthenware, probably made in Deruta, ca. 1475.
Physical description
Drug-pot with two elbowed loop handles, externally concave. Tin-glazed earthenware.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17cm
  • Width: 17.5cm
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Drug jar
Made in Probably Deruta, Italy circa 1475.
Tin-glazed earthenware

1144-1904 Henry Wallis Collection
Object history
Purchase: Henry Wallis Collection.

Purchase price note: 1116 to 1151-1904 purchased for £700.
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
71 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
1144-1904

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
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