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

Drug Jar

second half of 16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drug jar (albarello) of tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue and orange. Painted with bold foliage and parti-coloured blue and yellow. At the top and bottom are borders of slanting blue dashes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours
Brief description
Drug jar (albarello) of tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue and orange, possibly made in Nimes or Montpellier, second half of 16th century.
Physical description
Drug jar (albarello) of tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue and orange. Painted with bold foliage and parti-coloured blue and yellow. At the top and bottom are borders of slanting blue dashes.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.7cm
  • Diameter: 12.4cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Sir St.Clair Thomson
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Korf, Dingeman et al., Antwerps Plateel. Leeuwarden, Netherlands : Fries Museum 1971 no.22
Collection
Accession number
C.89-1944

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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