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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Drug Jar

1723 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
London (made)

One side is painted with a strapwork cartouche inscribed P. EMMENAGOG surmounted by a shell flanked by two winged cupids. Below is a winged cupid's head and the inscription I : P/1723 flanked by floral swags. All the decoration is in red, green and blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white. Outer part of base wiped clean of glaze.
Shape: Concave on underside and foot slightly chamfered. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)


Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
SCRAN
Object type
Drug jar
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Tin Glaze
Earthenware
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
A shell with two winged cupids and an inscription
Physical description
One side is painted with a strapwork cartouche inscribed P. EMMENAGOG surmounted by a shell flanked by two winged cupids. Below is a winged cupid's head and the inscription I : P/1723 flanked by floral swags. All the decoration is in red, green and blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white. Outer part of base wiped clean of glaze.
Shape: Concave on underside and foot slightly chamfered. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.4cm
  • Diameter: 7.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Inscribed: 'P. EMMENAGOG'
  • Inscribed: 'I : P/1723'
Credit line
Mellor Bequest
Subjects depicted
Cupid
Shell
Bibliographic references
  • Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8
  • Lipski and Archer, No: 1668.
Other number
K6. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.22-1963

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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