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

Drug Jar

1450-75 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drug jar, tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue and manganese purple, in two zones on the body, rought vine leaves on horizontal wavy stems.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Drug jar, tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue and manganese purple, Tuscani, Italy, 1450-75
Physical description
Drug jar, tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue and manganese purple, in two zones on the body, rought vine leaves on horizontal wavy stems.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18cm
  • Diameter: 11.5cm
Gallery label
Drug jar Made in Florentine area, Italy 1450-1475 Tin-glazed earthenware 382-1889(16/07/2008)
Object history
Bought from Mr. Charles Fairfax Murray, London
Production
Stated by Cora (Storia della maiolica di Firenze etc. 1973 n. 146 B.) to be Florentine Zone.
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
66 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
382-1889

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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