Drug Jar
1500 ca (made)
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Drug jar, tin-glazed earthenware painted with flowers in colours. Waisted body, sloping shoulders, cylindrical neck and everted rim. Tin-glazed overall with a white glaze on the bottom. Painted in green, orange, manganese purple, red and blue. Palmette (palmetta persiana) ornament overall on a background of whirls and dots; circular rings around neck and base.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours |
| Brief description | Drug jar, tin-glazed earthenware, Montelupo or Cafaggiolo, 16th century |
| Physical description | Drug jar, tin-glazed earthenware painted with flowers in colours. Waisted body, sloping shoulders, cylindrical neck and everted rim. Tin-glazed overall with a white glaze on the bottom. Painted in green, orange, manganese purple, red and blue. Palmette (palmetta persiana) ornament overall on a background of whirls and dots; circular rings around neck and base. |
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| Object history | Bought for 5l from Mr. Fairfax Murray, transferred to Circulation 10th March 1909 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Elisa Sani, Not in Rackham - 'Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Victoria and Albert Museum – Part 1', in: Keramos 210 (2010), pp. 1-30, cat. 2 |
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| Accession number | 365-1889 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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