Drug Jar
1460-1490 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The leaf pattern design, traditionally known as bryony or parsley-leaf, derives from Valencian lustred pottery, imported in large quantities into Italy, especially into Tuscany. Tuscan potters made a speciality of Italo-moresque ceramics with this design, but were not able to produce lustre at this stage and used the colour orange, here accompanied by blue, green and manganese, to imitate the metallic pigment.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours |
| Brief description | Drug jar (albarello) iwth 'IHS' monogram, tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours, Florence district, probably Montelupo, Italy, 1460-90 |
| Physical description | Slightly waisted, everted rim and foot. Painted in blue, manganese purple, orange and copper green. The ground covered with a design drawn in brown of a repeating pattern of blue sexfoil asterisks. On each side the Sacred Monogram in Gothic characters in a medallion bordered with petal-like rays. Short brush strokes in blue within blue and orange circular lines around the neck. |
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| Gallery label | Drug jar
(albarello)
Made in Florentine area, Italy Second half of the 15th century
Tin-glazed earthenware
C.728-1909(16/07/2008) |
| Summary | The leaf pattern design, traditionally known as bryony or parsley-leaf, derives from Valencian lustred pottery, imported in large quantities into Italy, especially into Tuscany. Tuscan potters made a speciality of Italo-moresque ceramics with this design, but were not able to produce lustre at this stage and used the colour orange, here accompanied by blue, green and manganese, to imitate the metallic pigment. |
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| Other number | 87 - Rackham (1977) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.728-1909 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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