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

Drug Jar

1490-1500 ca (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drug-jar Tin-glazed on the outside, lead-glazed inside, base left unglazed.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Drug jar, 'DIAMOSCO' painted on front, made in Italy, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Drug-jar Tin-glazed on the outside, lead-glazed inside, base left unglazed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.4cm
  • Diameter: 5.875in
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'DIAMOSCO' (Painted in Roman script on the front.)
Gallery label
Drug jar Made in Italy DIAMOSCO Tin-glazed earthenware C.84-1944 Bequeathed by Sir St.Clair Thomson(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Sir St.Clair Thomson
Collection
Accession number
C.84-1944

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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