Drug Jar
ca. 1710-1730 (made)
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| Place of origin |
One side is decorated in blue with a strapwork cartouche inscribed U.LAUR:CU+RIO surmounted by a basket of fruit, flanked by two winged cupids holding trumpets with a winged cupid's head below with tassels and two swags of fruit and flowers.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: White with many small black specks. Foot-rim wiped partially clean of glaze.
Shape: Concave on underside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: White with many small black specks. Foot-rim wiped partially clean of glaze.
Shape: Concave on underside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Drug jar decorated with depictions of a basket of fruit, winged cupids and an inscription |
| Physical description | One side is decorated in blue with a strapwork cartouche inscribed U.LAUR:CU+RIO surmounted by a basket of fruit, flanked by two winged cupids holding trumpets with a winged cupid's head below with tassels and two swags of fruit and flowers. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: White with many small black specks. Foot-rim wiped partially clean of glaze. Shape: Concave on underside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Marks and inscriptions | U.LAUR:CU+RIO. |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs Liselotte Caraco, in memory of her husband, Dr Max Caraco |
| Object history | Given by Mrs Liselotte Caraco in memory of her husband Dr. Max Caraco, London, 1991. |
| Production | Probably London or may be Bristol |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | 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 |
| Other number | K5. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.189-1991 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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