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

Jug

1475-1500 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug with strap-like handle. Tin-glazed earthenware.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Jug with strap-like handle, probably made in Faenza, Italy, 1475-1500, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Jug with strap-like handle. Tin-glazed earthenware.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20cm
  • Diameter: 14.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'YHS' (The sacred monogram painted in Gothic script on the front, in a medallion surrounded by rays)
Gallery label
Jug Made in Probably Faenza, Italy 1475-1500 yhs Tin-glazed earthenware 1221-1901(16/07/2008)
Object history
Bought from Sig. Giuseppe Salvadori, Via dei Fossi 9, Florence for £2 15s.
Production
J Mallet
Probably Faenza, 1475-1500. The spout is restored.

See Rackham, Bernard: Italian Maiolica. pl.27B. (London: Faber & Faber, 1952). Compare to piece in Giacomotti, 1974, n. 71, p.24.
Bibliographic references
  • Giacomotti, J. Catalogue des majoliques des Musées Nationaux. Paris, 1974.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
145 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
1221-1901

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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