Drug Jar
ca. 1740-1760 (made)
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Drug jar of tin-glazed earthenware. One side has a strapwork cartouche inscribed TEN: VENET. surmounted by a shell flanked by two winged cupids. Below is a winged cupid's head flanked by floral swags. All the decoration is in blue. The centre of the underside is painted with an X in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white. Foot-rim wiped almost entirely clean of glaze. The underside has a white glaze which appears to have been largely covered with a bluish glaze.
Shape: Concave on underside.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white. Foot-rim wiped almost entirely clean of glaze. The underside has a white glaze which appears to have been largely covered with a bluish glaze.
Shape: Concave on underside.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in cobalt blue |
| Brief description | Drug jar, tin-glazed earthenware, painted in cobalt blue with a shell with two winged cupids and an inscription, probably London, ca. 1740-1760 |
| Physical description | Drug jar of tin-glazed earthenware. One side has a strapwork cartouche inscribed TEN: VENET. surmounted by a shell flanked by two winged cupids. Below is a winged cupid's head flanked by floral swags. All the decoration is in blue. The centre of the underside is painted with an X in blue. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Bluish white. Foot-rim wiped almost entirely clean of glaze. The underside has a white glaze which appears to have been largely covered with a bluish glaze. Shape: Concave on underside. |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Object history | Acquired by the Museum of Practical Geology between 1871 and 1876. Transferred, 1901. |
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| Other number | K8. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
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| Accession number | 3847-1901 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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