Drug Jar
1480-1490 (made)
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Pharmacy, drug or storage jar painted in dark blue, orange, deep manganese purple and greenish turquoise blue. On opposite sides of the body are wreaths enclosing two intertwined wading birds on one side and on the other, two hands clasped with a label inscribed 'FIDESONIA' (for fides omnia) above and a sun-face with rays below. Below the main design is a band of peacock feather ornament interrupted by a label with the name of the contents inscirbed on it 'cons/va y' in gothic characters. On the neck are 'San Bernardino rays' pointing upwards.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Drug jar, two wreaths painted on body with wading birds on one side, clasped hands with label 'FIDESONIA' on the other, made in Pesaro or Faenza, Italy, 1480-1490, tin-glazed earthenware |
| Physical description | Pharmacy, drug or storage jar painted in dark blue, orange, deep manganese purple and greenish turquoise blue. On opposite sides of the body are wreaths enclosing two intertwined wading birds on one side and on the other, two hands clasped with a label inscribed 'FIDESONIA' (for fides omnia) above and a sun-face with rays below. Below the main design is a band of peacock feather ornament interrupted by a label with the name of the contents inscirbed on it 'cons/va y' in gothic characters. On the neck are 'San Bernardino rays' pointing upwards. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'FIDESONIA' (Latin. Painted on body. Should read 'Fides Omnia' roughly 'loyalty above all') |
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| Production | Cf. the same motif of birds with intertwined necks on a tile from the pavement on 1471-1482 made for Abbes Maria De Benedetti (cf. No. 191) ill. by Lucca Fornari Schianchi, 'Ai Piedi della Badessa, Parma 1988, No.71. |
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| Other number | 116 - Rackham (1977) |
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| Accession number | 4628-1858 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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