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

Drug Jar

1725-1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drug jar, painted with cartouche with two peacocks and inscribed "E DIACATHOL", Delft, 1725-50, tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration
Brief description
Drug jar, painted with cartouche with two peacocks and inscribed "E DIACATHOL", Delft, 1725-50, tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 10.6cm
  • Height: 16.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
'ADWS' in monogram
Gallery label
Drug jar made Delft, Netherlands 1725-50 Mark: 'ADWS' in monogramme Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration C.77-1928 "E DIACATHOL" is a laxative drug.(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Arthur Graham
Object history
E DIACATHOL is a laxative drug.
Collection
Accession number
C.77-1928

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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