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

Drug Bottle

1638 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drug bottles, made in Marches, dated 1638, tin-glazed earthenware


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Drug bottles, made in Marches, dated 1638, tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.5cm
  • Diameter: 15.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'A DE EVFRAGA' (Painted on the front on a scroll)
Translation
Eyebright water
Gallery label
Drug bottle Made in Marches dated 1638 Inscription: A DE EVFRAGA Tin-glazed earthenware 4390-1857(16/07/2008)
Object history
Same set as 4391-1857. A D EVFRAG (acque di eufrag) In Drey described as Euphrasy, Eyebright (type of leaves).
Production
The other same size and shape, ill on R.E.A. Drey, Apothecary Jars, London, 1978, p. 59, Pl. 23B. Antonio Vitulli Antiques, 90-92 Pimlico Rd., London. Curo in 1982, suggested rather implausing that the arms were companded of Bentivoglio, Battaglia and Orsini.
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
1018 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
4390-1857

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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