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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Drug Jar

1375-1400 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drug jar (albarello) of tin-glazed earthenware with chequered decoration painted in lustre and blue.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with lustre and cobalt decoration
Brief description
Drug jar (albarello), tin-glazed earthenware with lustre and cobalt decoration, made in Manises, Spain, 1375-1400
Physical description
Drug jar (albarello) of tin-glazed earthenware with chequered decoration painted in lustre and blue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 38.1cm
  • Diameter: 18.5cm
Gallery label
Drug jar Probably made in Manises, Valencia, Spain about 1400-50 Tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration C.122-1931 Bequeathed by Sir Otto Beit, Bart.(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Sir Otto Beit, Bt KCMG
Bibliographic reference
Ray, Anthony. Spanish Pottery 1248-1898 : with a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum London, V&A Publications, 2000
Other number
136 - Spanish pottery, Ray (2000)
Collection
Accession number
C.122-1931

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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