Drug Jar
ca. 1480 (made)
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Drug jar, tin-glazed earthenware, painted in dark blue and orange. On one side, a pea- cock, on the other, a monastic badge composed of the letters M B and two crosses, in both cases enclosed in a "contour" panel reserved on a ground filled with leafy stems with dots in the interspaces. Round the shoulder, a row of chevron-like dashes, round the base, a band of zigzag ornament.
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Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
Brief description | Drug jar, 'M B' on one side enclosed in a contour panel, probably made in Faenza, Italy, about 1480, tin-glazed earthenware |
Physical description | Drug jar, tin-glazed earthenware, painted in dark blue and orange. On one side, a pea- cock, on the other, a monastic badge composed of the letters M B and two crosses, in both cases enclosed in a "contour" panel reserved on a ground filled with leafy stems with dots in the interspaces. Round the shoulder, a row of chevron-like dashes, round the base, a band of zigzag ornament. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'M B' (Painted on one side enclosed in a contour panel.) |
Gallery label | Drug jar
Made in Probably Faenza, Italy About 1480
M B
Tin-glazed earthenware
368-1889(16/07/2008) |
Object history | Bought from Mr. Charles Fairfax Murray, London |
Production | J Mallet Probably Faenza, about 1480. Pesaro style, generally Faenza patterns seem to be flatter than Pesaro. Faenza more stiff and formal than Pesaro. |
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Other number | 133 - Rackham (1977) |
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Accession number | 368-1889 |
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Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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