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

Drug Jar

ca. 1550 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Faenza (made)

Drug jar depicting on the front a medallion with a figure of a horseman in armour, inscribed dia calametu.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Maiolica
Object type
Drug jar
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Painted
Glazed
Brief description
Drug jar depicting a horseman in armour within a medallion, inscribed 'dia calametu', made in Faenza, about 1550, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Drug jar depicting on the front a medallion with a figure of a horseman in armour, inscribed dia calametu.
Dimensions
  • Height: 33.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'dia calametu' (Made from calaminth.)
Gallery label
Drug jar depicting on the front a medallion with a figure of a horseman in armour Made in Faenza about 1550 inscription: 'dia calametu' (made from calaminth) Tin-glazed earthenware C.2291-1910 Salting Bequest(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq.
Object history
Hastings Collection.
Production
J Mallet, 16.11.03
The decoration is tightly drawn. Marked on the bottom after firing. Some restoration on the neck. Inscribed 'diacalametu' ('made from calamint', in Drey 1978)

Similar pieces in the Ashmolean (not illustrated in tim Wilson booklet) and Louvre dated 1548 (look in Giacomotti catalogue).
Subjects depicted
Occupations, Horseman
Armour
Bibliographic references
  • Giacomotti, J. Catalogue des majoliques des Musées Nationaux. Paris, 1974.
  • Drey, R. Apothecary Jars: pharmaceutical pottery and porcelain in Europe and the East 1150-1850. London, 1978. 191 p.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
937 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.2291-1910

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
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