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

Drug Jar

1570-1580 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tin-glazed earthenware drug jur, dark blue decoration on lighter blue ground, overall pattern of oak leaves with 'ELETTVARIO LINITIVO' painted on a scroll around the waist, a band of scrolling floral motifs above and below.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Drug jar, tin-glazed earthenware, 'ELETTVARIO LINITIVO' painted on scroll around waist, made in Italy, 1570-1580
Physical description
Tin-glazed earthenware drug jur, dark blue decoration on lighter blue ground, overall pattern of oak leaves with 'ELETTVARIO LINITIVO' painted on a scroll around the waist, a band of scrolling floral motifs above and below.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.5cm
  • Diameter: 13cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • ELETTVARIO LINITIVO' (Painted round the waist on a scroll.)
    Translation
    Lenitive electuary
  • 'SS.' (Maker's mark painted on an oval compartment)
Gallery label
Drug jar Made in Italy ELETTVARIO LINITIVO Tin-glazed earthenware C.76-1928 Bequeathed by M.G. A . Graham(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Arthur Graham
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
986 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
C.76-1928

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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